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Breann
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Just a few question with new babies.. 
First I would just like to thank all the wonderful people for all there help. I know that I have a lot of questions and I appreciate all the help... anyway.. I was just wondering when the babies hatch how long do you let them sit in the incubator, until every last one hatches or take some out? Also should we feed the babies anything special right off the bat? I know little crickets but anything else at the beginning? For all you other part time breeders, what kind of guarantees do you offer with your babies, like what is the expected? Am I responsible for up to a month after they get the babies, or is it more? I know that if something happens and 1 dies during transit that I’m responsible but what about after that? Also I know my dragons are really healthy and they have a clean bill of health from the vet, but do I send that with the hatchlings for healthy guarantees or anything? This is our first time selling any to stores so I’m really going at it blind. I just want to make sure I provide the most healthy babies possible so that I can continue to get rid of them. Anyone who has any other good advise for us I would greatly appreciate it.Thanks Again for all the help
Bre
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01/15/05 3:23pm
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Mijani
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Message To: Breann In reference to Message Id: 222409
Just a few question with new babies..
Some leave babies in the incubator for 12-24 hours after each egg hatches. If you do this you should put the babies into a separate container so they are not running around and disturbing the unhatched eggs. Wet paper towels on the bottom of the container will aid in umbilical cord absorbsion. A few days may go by before hatchlings will eat. I would suggest starting out by offering greens first. Then once they are eating greens well offer live food. Everything you feed should be no larger than the space between thier eyes.
As for guarantees I guess it depends on what you are willing to offer and what the people you plan to sell you babies to will expect, who you will be selling to, and how you plan to sell them (privatly, to stores, on the net,etc) Maybe someone else can offer some advice on that subject.
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01/15/05 11:39pm
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Heartmountain
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Message To: Breann In reference to Message Id: 222409
Just a few question with new babies..
Babies are transfered to another container with moist paper towells on the bottom and left in the incubator for 24 hours after hatch. This accomplishes 2 things, it lets them rest and recover some energy after hatching and it allows the egg sack to be fully absorbed. After 24 hours they are transfered to their cages. Babies can take up to a week to start eating, don’t worry they’re are living off of their egg sack at this point. We start them with greens w/ soaked repcal juvie pellet added, don’t forget the calcium dust daily and vitamins twice a week. We give 2 salads per day until they hit about juvie size and then cut it back to 1. After they are eating their salad for a couple days we start introducing live food 3-5 times a day as much as they’ll eat in a 10 minute period. Crix are good, baby lobster roaches are great and we’ve been experimenting with mini-mealworms lately but haven’t formed a definite oppinion on them just yet. I don’t recomend selling anything before 6 weeks or 6 inches, that is a general rule that most good breeders will stick to. Other than that a "Live Arrival" guarentee is all I would do. Babies are fragile and people can be stupid, no matter what you tell them or list on your care sheet they are going to do it their way and if it kills the baby why should you be responsible. You also can’t guarentee a clean bill of health even if your adults are, you couldn’t do it even if you had a clean fecal done on the baby minutes before it was shipped. Beardies naturally carry a certain amount of parasites in them (it’s a good thing), it’s when they get stressed out like what will happen sometimes in shipping that the parasites can bloom. It’s the responsability of the new owner to get a fecal done after the little guy is in and settled to see if anything came up. Sean
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01/17/05 6:41am
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