Not looking good.. Deformed hatchlings

So sorry to hear what happened with this clutch. Fingers crossed for your second clutch!

So very sorry that it looks as if you may have to euthanize what you looked forward to all this time, but I will throw in with the people who say there is nothing wrong with doing the humane thing if you are able to make yourself do it. I've had that decision before me with other pets, and it is always difficult. I hope that at least one of the clutch is salvageable :(

So sorry to hear they passed [emoji20] at least they aren't suffering

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Originally Posted by BPSnape

So very sorry that it looks as if you may have to euthanize what you looked forward to all this time, but I will throw in with the people who say there is nothing wrong with doing the humane thing if you are able to make yourself do it. I've had that decision before me with other pets, and it is always difficult. I hope that at least one of the clutch is salvageable :(

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This post is several weeks old. Most of them passed away on their own at the end of June.

I'm sorry to hear that it didn't make it [emoji26] Best of luck to you with further clutches! Did you ever say how the other clutch you had at the same time turned out? I may have missed it in the comments!

I just wanted to say thank you for sharing this with us... I really appreciate it. Many people would be too embarrassed or saddened to post about a deformed clutch, but sometimes it happens, even with a good incubation setup.

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Originally Posted by Kinkade

This post is several weeks old. Most of them passed away on their own at the end of June.

I'm sorry to hear that it didn't make it [emoji26] Best of luck to you with further clutches! Did you ever say how the other clutch you had at the same time turned out? I may have missed it in the comments!

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He other clutch came out all healthy. [emoji4]


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Sorry all for the late responses. I haven't been around as much lately. Yes, all passed away a couple days after their first shed, and all within a day of each other. I was hoping to get a clue as to what happened when I posted this thread - to see if anyone knew why they hatched deformed. Unfortunately not much was learned and is still all inconclusive. We're considering keeping the female and breeding her again to another male. The male has had three other healthy clutches with us.

Our second clutch that hatched about 10 days after this one are all doing great. They all hatched healthy and chubby. The biggest one is already at 140g.


Here are some photos incase you've missed my other thread on them:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/372/1...e7a4dcbe_c.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/556/1...4b692577_c.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/458/1...29cb054c_c.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/548/1...f5e22aec_c.jpg


We got 1 Blue Eyed Lucy, 3 Lesser Pastels, 1 Lesser

Those are gorgeous babies! I'm glad this clutch worked out for you. Hopefully it is just a fluke thing and your female gives you healthy little ones in the future.

Galaxy girl what type of incubator do you have?


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Homemade incubator made out of a large cooler. Heat tape along bottom, water bottles in there, one shelf and a small computer fan that we turned off because it was dehydrating the eggs - even with cling wrap and tops on their tubs.