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Old 23-11-2020, 09:15 PM   #5
sandy
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Originally Posted by burnt toast View Post
I would get a small tupperware plastic container. Make a circle from dampened rolled kitchen roll, circle in the middle (think of a donut) pop baby in it, in centre of donut, sac in well in the middle. Pop a sheet of kitchen roll over the top & spray well. Respray every few hours throughout the day as they do dry out. Your hatchlings wont dehydrate in a high humidity incubator. Please don't keep looking at him as this encourages movement and you want him to be sat quietly, unstartled absorbing his yolk sac rather than risk further damage.

Best of luck x
Adding to this I would use Vaseline in the kitchen roll to help stop infections. Good advice above:0)
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