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Yes i have done a lot of research on what to do with the babies. All i do with my free time is research breeding, morphs, and husbandry. I know it is very important to not get too impatient when waiting to cut the eggs. I already have a 15/32qt rack and it will be easy for me to make a 6qt hatchling rack. I also know to put them on moist paper towels at first. My only problem is i don't know what to do about picky eaters. If someone could help with that, I'd be golden :)

By the way, I have a local pet store that I'm friends with the owner and because of the economy he is struggling and i might even just donate them since im only doing it for the experience so I'm not nervous about producing a lot of clutches at once.

I never thought of it that way btw. More captive breed normals for petstores would more than likely be a good thing.

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Originally Posted by Subdriven

That is one way to test what every incubator setup you have and make sure you can atleast handle 1 clutch all the way through..

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Totally agree. This is how I did it and it answered most of my questions about breeding for years to come. Also don't forget you will get a test run on going through the stage after they hatch and before their first shed, then go through their first meals. I found it very helpful to see it in real life before I got overwhelmed with multiple clutches.

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Originally Posted by xfallingpointx

Yes i have done a lot of research on what to do with the babies. All i do with my free time is research breeding, morphs, and husbandry. I know it is very important to not get too impatient when waiting to cut the eggs. I already have a 15/32qt rack and it will be easy for me to make a 6qt hatchling rack. I also know to put them on moist paper towels at first. My only problem is i don't know what to do about picky eaters. If someone could help with that, I'd be golden :)

By the way, I have a local pet store that I'm friends with the owner and because of the economy he is struggling and i might even just donate them since im only doing it for the experience so I'm not nervous about producing a lot of clutches at once.

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If you are breeding a normal to a normal, other than the eggs going way over their hatch due date, there really is no reason to cut the eggs at all, especially if this is your first clutch of eggs. I cut my first clutch of eggs, but I didn't do a very good job of it. I'd let them hatch on their own.

As far as picky eaters, I'm having that problem right now. I have 4 hatchlings that simply refuse to eat on their own. I've gotten 3 of them to eat on their own once and I used a very lively mouse hopper. I've heard for picky eaters, using ASFs work well.

I wait until one pips before I cut, and this season I will probably only cut a little slit for an emergency exit.
Picky eaters can be difficult. Sometimes just being patient is best, I had a female spider this year that took 5 feeding attempts after the first shed to eat, and it was an ASF that she took first. There is alot of help out there for picky eaters.

~ Karl

Yea thats the reason i'm doing it, just for a test run. And im afraid if i feed them an ASF then i wont be able to get them off of it then i have a snake that probably wont sell. how often do you guys have to assist hatchlings?

no you should not waste your time, so go ahead and send me your clutch of normals!:P

absolutely! just because they arent high end doesnt mean they arent vital to the hobby or buisness of someone.

as a hobby type like me, id take a normal to add to my breeding plans.
and even big time breeders have A LOT of normal females.
so like i said,
if this is your first time,
on a bid-ness end, better you learn from a less expensive clutch than a VALUABLE clutch.
sad but its true.

but when they hatch, post up your pictures because everyone on here loves all hatchling pictures,

EVEN normals.:gj::gj::gj:

She switched to mouse hoppers without any problems after she took the ASF.
I have had pretty good luck changing prey items with the babies. In fact half of my babies last year took f/t for their first meal

~ Karl

It sounds fine to me if that's what you want to do. I didn't really have a problem getting rid of mine. It only took a couples months after they were ready to go to find all of my snakes homes. The pastel males were much harder to get rid of.

Last year was my first breeding season and I produced 3 clutches of normals :)