What do you do with Babies?

[GalaxyMom]

I keep mine in the same tub with wet paper towels in my incubator until they shed. Then they each go in their own tray in my rack. I feed mouse hoppers about a week after first shed and have about a 95% success rate with the first feed. I’ve tried a day or two after first shed but only about 10% took that early for me so now I just wait a week.

What temps do do you have them? Do you use a UTH, or a heat lamp on top? Do you measure the floor temp, or the ambient temp, or both?

Thank you in advance!
Laila Q.

[rufretic]

What temps do do you have them? Do you use a UTH, or a heat lamp on top? Do you measure the floor temp, or the ambient temp, or both?

Thank you in advance!
Laila Q.

They are in the incubator for the first week so ambient temp is 87, no hot spot. Once they go in my rack, it’s heated with heat tape and the hot spot is set at 90, no other heat source. Ambient stays around 75 in the rack.