baby jackson cages.

[mczoo]

my babies are now 3 weeks old

i have 5 babies left and am beginning to wonder about usual weight gain, and appropriate cage size. is 16x16x18 too big for 0.7 to 1g babies?

Thanks

Sean

 

[mczoo]

any thoughts?

 

[Sang]

you could probably break them up into two groups. ..

seperate the males if possible.


you could still do something releativly small. id stick with something a bit smaller.
if possible.

 

[BMXICAN]

my babies are now 3 weeks old

i have 5 babies left and am beginning to wonder about usual weight gain, and appropriate cage size. is 16x16x18 too big for 0.7 to 1g babies?

Thanks

Sean

5 babies out of how many?
16"x16"x18" is too big, especially for 5 babies.
At 3 weeks, they are fine together. You want a smaller cage so it's easier to find their food. My baby jacksons struggled to find food in a cage that big. The weight seems about accurate with the weight my babies had at that age. My lighter weight ones died. I (so far) have lost 5 babies, have 7 left.
They now weigh around 3 grams at week nine. Hope you've had better luck than me!

 

[BMXICAN]

Make that 6 left. I heard a "thud" and checked my babies. One lied on the floor, dead. Sucks to lose these guys...

 

[mczoo]

i have 3 left of 8. lost them regularly till i separated all has been well since then. the seem to do well in larger cages if i supply adequate food

good luck

 

[BMXICAN]

i have 3 left of 8. lost them regularly till i separated all has been well since then. the seem to do well in larger cages if i supply adequate food

good luck

I'm down to 5 of 12. Check this out, I'm thinking of doing this on my next clutch. It will be panthers then...

http://www.screameleons.com/site/3467/default.aspx

Preety sweet idea I think.