question for those who keep hatchlings in deli cups

How long do you keep them in the cups? Do they feel sucure with no hidding place and eat as well as if they had more room?

I only have a copule years worth of experience keeping them in deli cups, but haven't had any problems. It is much more convienient to keep them that way when you have a bunch of hatchlings. I do like to use small sections of paper towel tube, cut lengthwise into little "C's" for little hides for them, especially right after they hatch. Once they are established feeders I usually take them out and there's no change in their eating habits. Who knows if it makes much of a difference but any little bit helps when trying to get stubborn ones to eat!

Do you keep them on paper towel in the cups, or just in the cup with nothing except the hide?

on paper towel, usually 2 thicknesses worth. Sometimes they bury themselves between the sheets. I've seen people with aspen in the cups, but I like being able to feed them in there when I use the towels.

Thanks for the reply. I will probably start breeding in a few years when the new hatchlings I'm getting are grown up. Getting all the info I can for now.