the_yellow_pony
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Unfortunately it is not a good update.
Well, as some saw, we hatched out a crazy looking pastel. After the came out of the egg(he came out before his yolk was fully absorbed(someone in my prior thread had offered their opinion that he was messed with too much which was not the case) and when he came out, he had a prominent kink and was relatively curled up so it was hard to assess anything else.
We moved him to some moist paper towels, cleaned off all the vermiculite, etc. If he was just kinked, as long as it didn't affect his quality of life we were just going to keep him as a pet. After waiting a few days, it didn't seem like his yolk was getting absorbed at all and I deemed it necessary to take a closer look at what was going on.
It seems as if he may have had a deformity on his belly(not just where it hadn't closed up but it seemed as if a good portion of his belly had failed to form properly) and there was some bloody discharge around where his umbilical would have been had his belly actually formed as a belly.
I made the call to euthanize him immediately. It is with a heavy heart that I report this but I figured those who had seen the in the egg pics would be interested in his outcome.
The other 4 are doing great(largest weighed in at a whopping 52 gramsn, smallest(boob egg) at 36 grams. They all have pink bellies so 1st shed should be any day now.
Well, as some saw, we hatched out a crazy looking pastel. After the came out of the egg(he came out before his yolk was fully absorbed(someone in my prior thread had offered their opinion that he was messed with too much which was not the case) and when he came out, he had a prominent kink and was relatively curled up so it was hard to assess anything else.
We moved him to some moist paper towels, cleaned off all the vermiculite, etc. If he was just kinked, as long as it didn't affect his quality of life we were just going to keep him as a pet. After waiting a few days, it didn't seem like his yolk was getting absorbed at all and I deemed it necessary to take a closer look at what was going on.
It seems as if he may have had a deformity on his belly(not just where it hadn't closed up but it seemed as if a good portion of his belly had failed to form properly) and there was some bloody discharge around where his umbilical would have been had his belly actually formed as a belly.
I made the call to euthanize him immediately. It is with a heavy heart that I report this but I figured those who had seen the in the egg pics would be interested in his outcome.
The other 4 are doing great(largest weighed in at a whopping 52 gramsn, smallest(boob egg) at 36 grams. They all have pink bellies so 1st shed should be any day now.
Ive had babies like that in the past. It is always such a disappointment. Im so sorry.