Breeder's hatchy care help

[jham66]

I am expecting 25 hatchy (hopefully Hypo) Bredli to appear from a clutch of eggs in 28 days and would like to get just a bit of advice.

I have seen a lot of hatchy "balls" on top of wet kitchen paper. Is this something that is typically done to prevent the newborns from getting dry?

Do they then get transferred into their own container in the same moist conditions? or
Can they get separated into click-clacks with ust a hide, perch and water bowl?

Thanks in advance.....

 

[pythons73]

Its a good idea to keep the hatchies moist until the 1st shed,yes place into there own seperate click-clack..Wait til after the 1st shed before attempting to feed.Some people wait a couple weeks after the 1st shed to feed,then you should get a better feed response..IMO just after dark is a great time to feed also..

 

[jham66]

Thank you Luonhanfan for the bump and pythons73 for the info.

 

[Vixen]

Yes I keep all mine on very moist paper towel until the first shed, however I also give them a branch or something to climb on to get away from the wet if they desire.

 

[The_Dreaded_Pets]

i dont know the answer but obviously it seems to be have answered lol just thaught i would throw in some ideas i have seen used on this site and others when looking at hatchie pix.

green wire folded into semicircle as branch (the plastic stuff used in gardens)
large toilet rolls (the ones you get from paper towels) with hole cut in the side to make a perch and hide in one
small sample (single serve) cerial boxes for hides

a few nifty things i have seen and want to try out myself as they looked effective especially the 1st 2

 

[jham66]

Thanks Loonytoon.

I have been collecting toilet rolls for a couple of months and have my click-clacks set up with a dowel perch. I will have to find something else for hides until they have their first shed, I'd imagine the toilet rolls wont like all the moisture!

 

[The_Dreaded_Pets]

hehe i use small ceramic pots in my tubs/enclosures drill a hole in the side then use a dremil to sand it out to size just keep wetting it and take your time drilling so you dont burn out the drillbit bits made for drilling metal and high temps are obviously better suited however i only own a dremil lol so its a lil more stuffing around geting the hole big enough to use the sanding adapters they look nice to me retain heat on the hot end and so on

 

[AM Pythons]

Yes I keep all mine on very moist paper towel until the first shed, however I also give them a branch or something to climb on to get away from the wet if they desire.

i do them same... the toilet rolls do fall apart after a few days,when misted daily, i just replace them...

 

[pythonmum]

I have one click clack with a dowel, but prefer the plastic gutter guard or garden fencing as a climbing frame because it is easy to clean and sterilise. My hatchlings often perch on it, so when cleaning out the click clacks I just lift them out on the frame, replace the paper towel and pop them back in before they know what happened. Toilet rolls can fall apart, but there is a constant supply, so I just replace them. I also use little boxes of any sort (medication, etc) as hides. When they get bigger, light globe boxes and biscuit boxes are good. We once had a box from Shapes biscuits in the enclosure for our young Bredl. A visitor asked it it just went in and ate whenever it was hungry. We laughed and said yes. Make sure you have water bowls big enough for them to immerse in. I use little souffle dishes. One of my hatchies likes to soak after a feed, so it's vital that these are big enough.

 

[jham66]

I do have a roll of plastic gutter guard that wont fit my gutters. I might trial it when I set up the tubs and see how it fits. Does anyone see a problem with using cut off tetra packs (from long life milk) as the water bowls/hides. They are the right size/shape, have been thoroughly cleaned and have a bacteriostatic coating/lining. When filled with water I can't see a hatchy knocking them over and I have a steady supply.

 

[AUSGECKO]

For hides I use PVC pipe cut in half length ways and then cut into 10cm lengths, I have twice as many as I do hatch tubs so each week I can swap them and put the dirty ones through the dishwasher (when the missus ain't looking).

 

[solar 17]

my only piece of advice would be that if you want bredli hatchies to eat virtually straight after their 1st. shed......give-em a perch/branch to eat off.....solar 17[Baden]

 

[pythons73]

IMO most carpet hatchie species need a perch to get feeding on a regurlar basis,compared to Antersias...

 

[wokka]

Straight after hatching we normally put them in individual chinese food containers with dry paper towel, and back in the incubator, which runs at 95%+ humidity; so they are maintained in similar moist conditions. After their first shed we put them into our hatchoe draws.