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(08-29-2010 02:26 PM)clintpaul Wrote: [ -> ]An update i no longer find them on there backs anymore so they either have learned to flip themselves over or they have stopped jumping of rocks Big Grin

I have a little hatchling that seems to make no attempt to right itself but this is very unusual. If they do the leg flicking and the head shaking when upside down then they should eventually right themselves given correct substrate. Are you watering the soil to give it a bit more body?
(08-29-2010 04:45 PM)wizzasmum Wrote: [ -> ]
(08-29-2010 02:26 PM)clintpaul Wrote: [ -> ]An update i no longer find them on there backs anymore so they either have learned to flip themselves over or they have stopped jumping of rocks Big Grin

I have a little hatchling that seems to make no attempt to right itself but this is very unusual. If they do the leg flicking and the head shaking when upside down then they should eventually right themselves given correct substrate. Are you watering the soil to give it a bit more body?

Yeah i started spraying it every morning with one of them hair dresser water bottles they love it they get right under the water, ive also spread some small rocks about
Yeah i started spraying it every morning with one of them hair dresser water bottles they love it they get right under the water, ive also spread some small rocks about
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I would actually water the enclosure if it was mine, as that makes the ground more firm. Spraying the surface is mainly lost to evaporation Wink
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