new babies

[lestat]

Hello everyone. I have been very busy and not been able to visit this great site.
On Sunday the 29th of March i saw a length of what i thought was waste but it was a baby.



I was excited and took out at least 20. There were some curled up and looked still born but i put them into a seperate hagen. One i was confident was ok as i saw movement. When i got home three were alive in that hagen. I put the twenty into a bigger longer hagen and the three i put into a seperate one.
This is how i have them now at the moment.


Some eat all the time i put small peices of fish into dishes, some dont look like they are. So should i move them into small plasic tubs like i had the last ones or just move the ones eating into a glass tank. I dont want to stress them out too much and risk them dying.

[guidofatherof5]

Great to hear about new babies. Congratulation.
Try offering a variety of foods: live guppies(these work wonders on hesitant eaters) worm pieces, pinky parts. At this point I wouldn't worry too much about pulling the noneaters out. If you're putting them in a like container they won't be under that much stress.
There are two ways(in my opinion) at looking at this problem.
Leaving the hesitant eater in with the aggressive eaters lets them see what they should be doing and my stimulate a feeding responce just out of instincts. Kind of a *everybody's grabbing at something , so will I* responce.
On the other hand, the aggressive eater may be over-powering the others, not giving them an opportunity to eat. The foods all gone before they get a chance to move up and get some.
By moving them, this may give them the time to get some food at their own speed. As they eat you can remove them and put back them in with their siblings.
I've used both approaches with success and failure.
Sometimes you get little ones that just don't make it. "Failure to Thrive" In my own words, "the eating switch was never turned on" I have lost more babies to this than any other cause.
I'm sure other forum members will have some other great advice for you. These were just my ideas on the situation.
I wish you great luck and have fun with those babies.
Keep the pictures coming.

[adamanteus]

Congratulations, Peter! Fun, isn't it?

[lestat]

Thanks for the advice. I apreciate it.

[lestat]

Yes it is fun James.

[adamanteus]

I find splitting them into small groups of around six to eight, mixed feeders and non feeders works best for me.

[Sid]

Congratulation on the new babies. I do mine pretty much like James. Put one out going feeder with 3 or 4 that are slow. Hope they all do well.

[gregmonsta]

Congrats mate

[Snake lover 3-25]

congrats! good luck!

[drache]

congrats to your little brood
a warning about the hagens - i've had babies escape through through vent slots; it helps to line them with nylon hose material