My Newborn Cat is not eating

[MilkeweedEater]

i found this guy as an egg in a elmentry school next t my school i was going 2 leave till i sall a wasp eating it's brother so i quickly took him off now he hatched after i got him his cage witch is a half gallon betta tank perfect for them its 19/11 inches now the only thing he hate was his egg ( first time ever seeing this it was epic ) now he wot eat his leaf and only climb around his cgae shoul i put him in the sun or keep the g=cage in a shaddy but lit spot on top of my printer and it's 77 in my house is it to cold for th newborn plz help i want 2 get my school on board for helping them

[Mona Miller]

Did you make sure the plant you offered is milkweed? Dogbane looks a lot like milkweed. Caterpillars will refuse to eat it.

Don't put your caterpillar in full sun especially in a glass container, it will be way too hot.

[MilkeweedEater]

i dont know why do monarchs lay milkweed the plant u said because i founrd another eating in dose dogbane spue the milky white liquid by the way the one i told u baout yesturday is gone mom droped him because he went out of there cage easly trought the top vent they can get troupgh the vent till 3

[Mona Miller]

Some people take bridal veil (tulle) you can get at a fabric store and put that over the top. Sometimes you can put the tulle on the top of the container and then put the lid on to hold it in place.

I don't understand some of what you are writing. Monarch caterpillars will eat the sap of the milkweed. I have never known them to eat dogbane, which also has a milky sap.

[MilkeweedEater]

i called me local gardeing store it's been a aweek a very a nice lady went 2 the pisuclies the tag was wrong but she said it was milkweed so we got one with a couple of buds but like 100 leaves and got one with a lot buds for the moanrchs to lay there eggs on :0 i fell so happy

[Mona Miller]

The Monarchs will also lay their eggs on the leaves. 99.9% of the time they lay them on the underside of the leaves, usually near the middle vein.

[MilkeweedEater]

thats where i found my first egg at school the new one only eats and is not courius i wanna see his stripes

[Mona Miller]

The stripes will come when it is second instar. It has to molt first (change its outer skin).

http://www.monarchwatch.org/biology/cycle1.htm
Life cycle (this has pictures of the different molts). When they are molting they will be very still, don't move them. They will climb out of their old skin and then turn around and eat it. Then, let the old skin dry and start eating again.

http://www.monarchwatch.org/rear/index.htm
Rearing Monarchs

http://www.monarchwatch.org/biology/index.htm
Biology

[MilkeweedEater]

i know that i just said i cant wait 2 see his stipes because it's in the next instar im not saying it mean but thatnks for showing me

[Mona Miller]

In my area, we have to wait until late April to May to see them again--have fun watching these amazing creatures.

[MilkeweedEater]

now i found 2 more at school 1 is with me the other i grab the leaf in the wrong spot and on top he fell 2 the ants but now both my cat's are in the second instar i see ther tiny horns/antneas and there stripe i feel so happy but 1 is cralwing on the wall like the first one ( the new one ) the othere on is just eating a bud happly when there bigger ill send pics right now they blurr out on top zoom like all my othere camreas do

[Mona Miller]

Remember, they rest between instars. Eat, poop, grow, molt.

[MilkeweedEater]

there frass is tiny i might clean the cage when my mum gets home