Raising Juvenile Jackson's

[kmc80]

Anybody have any advice on raising baby jackson's? Ther're 5 months and seem a bit skittish still. I just git them on tuesday though. How long does it take for them to get used to you? How can I get them to eat other things besides crickets? any advice would be much appreciated!

 

[flyty808]

ive noticed jacksons seem to be kinda skiddis till there about 6 or 7 months old then they start to notice your no thret all my adults jacksons eat from my hand. my babys are just under 2 months so i am transitioning from fruit flys to flies and crickets ive been raising snails so i luckilly ave some of them at the right size. and i got baby horn worms i let one eat. they are very cherious chams and will eat almost anything of proper size.

 

[drjco]

I have raised a number of them from that age or earlier. If they have plenty of foliage in the enclosure and have minimal handling they will begin to relax over the next few weeks.

 

[kmc80]

Awesome! Thanks for the advice!

 

[Zach Valois]

How did you guys raise them from birth? I have been having a heck of a time keeping the babies going. We had one group that made it to about six weeks old and then one by one started withering away. I have hatched and raised panthers and veileds and cannot understand what I am doing wrong.

I have tried screen cages, glass vivaria, large plastic containers, various substrates, paper towel, etc etc etc.

What is THE method??


Sincere thanks, I have one more litter about to drop any day. This is my last chance.

Zach

 

[jdog1027]

Ultra sonic cool mist humidifier. Jacksons hail from high altitude cloud forests and they like cool humid enviroments. Give it a try. Also, keep them in small groups of about 3-5 per cage.

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[Zach Valois]

Thanks Jdog. I will try a fogger/humidifier. And most excellent photo documentation, I am very impressed.

So, furthermore..screen cages vs. an open tub/container?

I will soon be dealing with large numbers of baby panthers too, and am wondering what would be best for successful efficient raising of such.
Here is one idea from Screameleon's, I guess that this would work fine for Trioceros spp, provided you had auto misters or a humidifier.

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

Thank you!

 

[bigcappa]

Jdog, thanks for the humidifier tip and thats a great photo documentation of their age progress!

 

[jdog1027]

Thanks Jdog. I will try a fogger/humidifier. And most excellent photo documentation, I am very impressed.

So, furthermore..screen cages vs. an open tub/container?

I will soon be dealing with large numbers of baby panthers too, and am wondering what would be best for successful efficient raising of such.
Here is one idea from Screameleon's, I guess that this would work fine for Trioceros spp, provided you had auto misters or a humidifier.


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

Thank you!

I'm really partial to using screen cages for proper airflow, but I think plastic tubs would be O.K. IF you make sure to go easy on basking temperatures. Tubs don't create the thermal gradient as well as a screened cage and can be dangerous in regards to overheating. Perhaps a long plastic bin would be O.K., but monitor the temperature very carefully. I have recently started to use plastic bins for raising Veiled babies in, but they are a bit more temperature tolerant and hardier in general than Jackson babies. The only reason I began using them was the feeders were able to easily escape through the screen and some of the 'runts' weren't able to compete with the bigger more aggressive cage mates. The tubs defintely improved the overall survival rate of my Veileds, you just have to be sure and provide ample drainage in a plastic tub. Seeco has an excellent blog on setting up plastic baby bins. Mine I make are a little different than his in that I don't make the entire bottom of each bin screen. To me, this made it counterintuitive to curbing the feeder escape problem. Instead, I drilled several large holes on one side of each bin about the size of a nickel or dime and I hot glued a double layer of window screen. This allows for drainage, but it will still keep the feeder insects from escaping if you double the screen up properly. Bins would work great for Panthers though. I would be careful in regards to temperature with Jacksons though.

Jdog, thanks for the humidifier tip and thats a great photo documentation of their age progress!

Thank you thank you!

 

[Zach Valois]

You read my mind Jdog.

Anyone here have thoughts on the screameleons baby housing
methods?

 

[jdog1027]

You read my mind Jdog.

Anyone here have thoughts on the screameleons baby housing
methods?

Is that the '1 gallon milk jug' housing? That's pretty cool I thought, I just wondered how quickly they would outgrow that thing. But I'm all about the DIY approach.

 

[VictoRian]

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