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    hatchlings: when to feed?

    just wondering, do you wait until a hatchling sheds to offer food?
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    Re: hatchlings: when to feed?

    That's what I was told to do...and I did...and it went well

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    Re: hatchlings: when to feed?

    Yes, I wait one week after shed.

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    Re: hatchlings: when to feed?

    Prior to that first shed they have a belly full of yolk that serves them well....


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    Re: hatchlings: when to feed?

    1 week after their first shed they get offered food.

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    Re: hatchlings: when to feed?

    I tried to rush that a bit and offered about 2 days after their first shed. No go. Waited the week and bingo, most of them gobbled down their first meal.
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