greek hatchling!!

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joezeppyd

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i just found a hatchling in the pen with my adult greeks.
i am justing looking for advice on care especially for these early days.
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I can't offer you any advice on raising the hatchling, but I have some advice on the 2 or 3 other hatchlings you may find in the pen:

Get down on your hands and knees and go over the pen inch-by-inch. If you see a clean little dime-sized hole in the ground, gently probe down into the hole, and you may find some more babies. Continue looking over the whole pen, fluffing up any loose dirt with your fingers, and hopefully you may find more.

I just happened to think...maybe Greeks only have one baby? So maybe I'm wrong.

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I can't offer help on greek hatchlings, but congrats! Beautiful baby!
 

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Hi,
I'm glad you found the little one. :D Like Yvonne said there could be 1 or 2 more.
You need to set him up in a container with either soil from outside or shredded aspen bedding. You need a lamp for basking, the best would be a combined UVB and heat bulb, and a regular florscent light.
Have a shallow dish of water, but you will still need to soak the little one every other day. When I soak I use Vitasol liquid vitamins for birds in the water for the hatchlings first year. Just make the water a light yellow.
He should start eating leafy greens, like Dandelion, chicory, escarole, curly endive, green leaf and red leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce. Spring mix found in the stores is also good.
You'll need a good calcium supplement to sprinkle on the greens at every feeding.

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Congrats on your new little baby!!! I hope you find more in the dirt!!
 

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Congratulations joezeppyd on finding the new little Greek and on joining the Forum. Danny has given you solid advice. When I first joined he helped me with my first few and they are thriving. Good luck and again congratulations.
 

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Congrats and I hope you'd find more! Consider to separate baby and parents if the parents are big and heavy so they won't crush the baby inadvertently.
 

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Just checking to see if you found any more babies.
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how amazing! congrats on your hatchlings, they look great!
 

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They are adorable! How exciting it must be for you! Congrats:)
 
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