The babies are eating like crazy...The last 10000 crix didn't last anywhere near as long as I thought they would. So here we are with another round. Unfortunately the mail room at the crix farm messed up and shipped them without the heat packs...most of them didn't make it so we have another shipment coming tomorrow to replace them. I was impressed they didn't flinch at replacing them at all.
I still haven't gotten them all homes but they are definitely getting attention. I have several people coming to look at them in the next week. Two have homes for sure. Petsmart's sale on beardies last week didn't help as they had them priced lower than I do for the sale.
Unfortunately I know from experience that those ones are not always in the best of health and most are smaller than they should be to begin with (at least the local Petsmart listens to me some and they give out a food list I gave them from one of the beardie sites that lists safe foods, how often it is okay to give them and how to prepare them -don't remember what site the list is off of. They were telling people some of the worst things before that-like romaine is good daily food for beardies!!!). I have someone driving 2.5 hours to get one or two on Friday. Hard to believe my first clutch is 6 weeks this weekend, except that they are all 7.5-8 inches long and growing.
I also have about 5 more that I am certain will have homes. I need to reach out to the pet store that has agreed to buy a lot of them and make sure we are still on board. I have learned of another private pet store up there that may take some as well.
I am kind of sad at the idea of them leaving but will not miss all the time and energy they require and will be happy to have some freedom back-since I just had one hatch on Saturday that is still about 6 weeks away. I can't go to a car auction (I have a used car lot) as I can't exactly leave this kind of responsibility with anyone...I have no trust with anyone watching my babies normally, let alone this many little ones.
So do you think I can move Pumpkin back in the room with Popeye? They have always been in separate terrariums but next to each other. If I can move her back it might help Popeye but I don't want it to be bad for her. I think the "nursery" gets a bit warm for her sometimes too but not sure. The ambient temp in there is about 80 during the day with all those lights on in such a small space. Better get myself to bed so I can do it all again in a few hours. Thanks again for your help.