Clutch Update-those wanting to breed please read

[BocaJan]

I have 59 6 week old veileds. They are all robust, active, fat, eating and pooping a ton. I need a shovel! LOL

Anyway, they eat 1500 1/2" crickets every 3 days. I have them i n 4 cages now and it takes me 1 1/2 hours to take everything out, wash it in hot water, put it all back in then put the babies back in. I do this 2 - 3 times a week. Babies are very time intensive. I mist them 3 - 4 times a day depending on the look of the plants (I only use plastic so I can keep them very clean. They have all had their first shed. PHEW

If you do not have hours a day to care for babies I don't recommend that you breed your chams. It is expensive for food. (2 1500 1/2" crickets a week, with an extra one every once in a while if I run out. At 6 weeks they still have a ways to go before I can sell them. and you know what? I just love every last one of them. When they start leaving I will be sad.

 

[beeze]

Where's the pictures?????

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

Great message Naomi, it can get crazy with a lot of babies. You really don't know how much you really have to put in until you are knee deep in it.

We do need pictures, thats for sure.

 

[Julirs]

I have 59 6 week old veileds. They are all robust, active, fat, eating and pooping a ton. I need a shovel! LOL

Anyway, they eat 1500 1/2" crickets every 3 days. I have them i n 4 cages now and it takes me 1 1/2 hours to take everything out, wash it in hot water, put it all back in then put the babies back in. I do this 2 - 3 times a week. Babies are very time intensive. I mist them 3 - 4 times a day depending on the look of the plants (I only use plastic so I can keep them very clean. They have all had their first shed. PHEW

If you do not have hours a day to care for babies I don't recommend that you breed your chams. It is expensive for food. (2 1500 1/2" crickets a week, with an extra one every once in a while if I run out. At 6 weeks they still have a ways to go before I can sell them. and you know what? I just love every last one of them. When they start leaving I will be sad.

It all sounds very familiar! The shovel part is so true. I don't think people stop and think about having 4 bins full of babies, having to take the babies out of each bin, washing the plants, changing the paper towels, and putting the babies back in 3 times a week! It is time consuming to catch all of those fast little guys!

 

[panthercrazy]

Great thread to start!

I've had my share of reptile babies in the past and man can they go through the crickets & your time to care for them.

I recently babysat 65 Panther babies for a friend & 4 tubs to clean, plants, feed, mist...time consuming indeed.

Those wanting to breed should be well aware of what lays ahead after the eggs hatch. Many hours of time needs to be devoted, financial requirements (food, vet care if needed, supplies, cages...etc). The other end of this too, is when the time comes to sell these babies, those breeding hope for this as an end result but what if they are slow to sell? That's more of your time and financial responsibility until such time as they have gone to their new homes.

I'm looking forward to those days, and am prepared completely for what will come. Currently, incubating 37 Veiled Eggs and just got my first clutch of Ambanjas today


PICTURES! PICTURES! PLEASE!!

 

[Veiled Guy]

I have 59 6 week old veileds. They are all robust, active, fat, eating and pooping a ton. I need a shovel! LOL

Anyway, they eat 1500 1/2" crickets every 3 days. I have them i n 4 cages now and it takes me 1 1/2 hours to take everything out, wash it in hot water, put it all back in then put the babies back in. I do this 2 - 3 times a week. Babies are very time intensive. I mist them 3 - 4 times a day depending on the look of the plants (I only use plastic so I can keep them very clean. They have all had their first shed. PHEW

If you do not have hours a day to care for babies I don't recommend that you breed your chams. It is expensive for food. (2 1500 1/2" crickets a week, with an extra one every once in a while if I run out. At 6 weeks they still have a ways to go before I can sell them. and you know what? I just love every last one of them. When they start leaving I will be sad.

This is an awesome thread to start along with the older thread from julirs. Breeding can be a very labor intensive and time consuming job. Alot of keepers thinking breeding will make them a ton of money well when it all boils down to it your lucky if you break even. We here got through 1000 1/2 and 1000 3/8 a day with feeding babies and adults. Its an extremly costly and sometimes frustrating adventure. So before you breed and bring little ones into this world make sure you can accomodate there little needs.

 

[insert name here]

how many crickets does each baby get a day?

 

[BocaJan]

LOL - I have 59 babies in 4 different cages. I feed them by the dump method. I have no idea how many each one eats per day. I would guess about 8 but who knows. That is only a guess. I will post baby pics, really I will.

BTW I am finding that a 2 mo. baby will sell for about $20, a 3 mo. old baby about $25-$30 up to about $40 tops for a 6 mo. That will about cover my crickets and supplies.