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I will try to shorten this as much as i can.
We acquire 3 baby leopards from really good breeder. Done research here as we already own a 6+ years old sulcata which we raise from 30g hatchling to now 25kg beauty. So all info is from here.
So i i picked up babys who are between 3-4 months old. As soon as we came home we slowly rised temps, and trip was 12h but in styrobox with heatpack and temp in transport was 26c.
We prepare cage week before. Uvb 10.0 in 22 cm height from babys, hot spot 35-36 C, in angle of 30 degree so it is nice big radius. Substrate is compressed coco earth so it is not soft. Lower temp in cage is 28c, night about 27-28. Humidity neber bellow 80%.
Food is all that we used before for sulcata from this forum. Foods rich in calcium wirh good cal-phos ratio plus mazuri. Cuttlefish bone in cage amd 2* a week calcium. Natural sunlight (sun) for a 20 min a day, not possible more because of winter temps here. Soaking 1* a day foor good 30 min.
So, i came home, give them 4hourst to slowly warm up. Soak them, one baby who was middle in size from 3 babys drink asap water like crazy and continue this for 5 days. They have water in cahe and this one drink at least 5-7 times a day. We woork at home so eyes are on them non stop. Weights were 26g for smallest, 28g for middle and 34 g for biggest. They all gain about 4-6 gramms in a 3 week, shell nice and firm but plastron soft from day one. Middle one start to show problems from day one, drinking a lot, eating only in morning and late afternoon and sleeping rest. Before 4 days she start to limp on first right leg, but eating as usuall, after that 2 days was ok, eating, limping gone but not lifting herself as should, day after that she was nit moving anymore or eating. We immediatley use baby carrot soaks for 4* a day but she died in night. So my queation is, what dis we miss? HFS? Kidney failure? Our guilt? Also 26-32g ratio for 3-4 months old babies are good or on low end?
We acquire 3 baby leopards from really good breeder. Done research here as we already own a 6+ years old sulcata which we raise from 30g hatchling to now 25kg beauty. So all info is from here.
So i i picked up babys who are between 3-4 months old. As soon as we came home we slowly rised temps, and trip was 12h but in styrobox with heatpack and temp in transport was 26c.
We prepare cage week before. Uvb 10.0 in 22 cm height from babys, hot spot 35-36 C, in angle of 30 degree so it is nice big radius. Substrate is compressed coco earth so it is not soft. Lower temp in cage is 28c, night about 27-28. Humidity neber bellow 80%.
Food is all that we used before for sulcata from this forum. Foods rich in calcium wirh good cal-phos ratio plus mazuri. Cuttlefish bone in cage amd 2* a week calcium. Natural sunlight (sun) for a 20 min a day, not possible more because of winter temps here. Soaking 1* a day foor good 30 min.
So, i came home, give them 4hourst to slowly warm up. Soak them, one baby who was middle in size from 3 babys drink asap water like crazy and continue this for 5 days. They have water in cahe and this one drink at least 5-7 times a day. We woork at home so eyes are on them non stop. Weights were 26g for smallest, 28g for middle and 34 g for biggest. They all gain about 4-6 gramms in a 3 week, shell nice and firm but plastron soft from day one. Middle one start to show problems from day one, drinking a lot, eating only in morning and late afternoon and sleeping rest. Before 4 days she start to limp on first right leg, but eating as usuall, after that 2 days was ok, eating, limping gone but not lifting herself as should, day after that she was nit moving anymore or eating. We immediatley use baby carrot soaks for 4* a day but she died in night. So my queation is, what dis we miss? HFS? Kidney failure? Our guilt? Also 26-32g ratio for 3-4 months old babies are good or on low end?