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    Not yet. Just offer mom her normal this week. When the babies have their first molt they will begin to come down off her back. Much of the molts will stick to moms back. Don't worry about this. In a few weeks when you move mom in with dad just spray her down once a week and eventually it will all come off.

    Once all the babies have molted, start putting about a dozen small crickets in per week or so. Keep an eye on how much the babies are eating. Babies will eat them selves to death so if they look too round like they will pop at the seams, wait a week to feed again.

    Every so often, you can take a couple super worms and cut them into tiny pieces. Drop them around mom and the babies will each take a piece. These are a great starter food due to the high fat and protein but only do this every few weeks. Otherwise, pinheads to very small crickets once the babies are hunting and killing their own food should be used.

    For the first 3-4 weeks the babies will climb back on mom after eating. It's best to offer her a super worm on feeding tongs at this point. It will help give back what she lost from carrying the babies for so long.

    Once they begin to stay off her back longer then it's time to remove her and let them have the tank to themselves.

    Some will be more aggressive feeders than others so as time goes by, once they begin changing color and you see personalities develop, you will know which ones are shy and don't eat as much and which ones take all the food.

    For the shy ones you can wait til the rest have a cricket and then kill one for the shy ones.

    You won't have problems with cannibalism as long as all the babies are eating the right amount. An appropriate sized meal once or twice a week as long as they do not look too fat once they have a few molts and begin to turn grey.

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