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twin baby redtails?

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my redtail gave birth today and it was a disaster, only two out of 21 were full size and normal. the others all came out with very large yolk sacks still attached to them. this has never happened to me before. as i moved the slugs and mother i noticed that two of the babies are actually sharing one yolk sack. since i have never had a female give birth to such premature looking offspring, i have no way of knowing if this is normal. i will post a picture of the two, but as i poked around a little they indeed share the yolk sack. what is this? the babies have different patterns though.
 
i have to wait for my camera to charge, and i will post photos to show what i mean.

Christine_Hofpar
 
hopefully this worked, i am still not used to posting pictures...
 

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tough to photograph...

it is tough to tell, but there is only one yolk sack with two cords running from it, hopefully it isn't too terribly difficult to tell. i appreciate any info. thanks

Christine Hofpar
 
Well this message my have found you late but I will give it a try anyway. It has obviously been a few hours since your babies were born and I would assume that any of the yolk absorption that has been done is done. At this point I would use thread to tie off each of the cords and cut the remaining yolk sac away. Place each animal into his or her shoe box enclosure and mist several times per day (while also keeping them warm). They will eat earlier then normal because they do not have their yolk reserves so try to feed them in a day or two. Do not let them try and soak up too much more yolk as it will start to collect bacteria and get infected.
I hope this helps, please let me know if you need any other info.
good luck
 
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