3 legged ASF... creepy.

[Bruce Whitehead]

Jo, that avator really creeps me out... and I LIKE primates.

So here's the pics of Peggy... I know, it was a better name than Tripod I figured...

I took about 20, but crazy busy rat was hard to get a clean photo. The ones that didn't turn out were the ones where the leg isn't extended.

When not extended then you cannot even see it, Just a perfectly round little Juvie ASF AKA Bart Simpson belly.

Bruce

[Mike Cavanaugh]

That simply just does happen randomly with any living creature that reproduces. Occasionally young are born that aren't like the others.

hmmm.. that is exactly what my parents have been telling me for years....


LOL!

[frankykeno]

Jo, that avator really creeps me out... and I LIKE primates.

It's eyes Bruce, it's eyes are watching youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

I think it's a baby slender loris. I thought it was just too freaky and had to be in my avatar collection.

As far as Peggy, I'm amazed the other ASF's don't go after her. A lot of times anything that's not in the norm gets taken out by the others but she must get around okay so they don't see her as anything different. She certainly looks in good shape and other than the freakish leg she seems quite fine.

[frankykeno]

hmmm.. that is exactly what my parents have been telling me for years....


LOL!

[Bruce Whitehead]

She certainly looks in good shape and other than the freakish leg she seems quite fine.

She is fine actually. I was looking at her tonight and she is the oldest in the grow out tub as well (so now the biggest). She was the only one that I didn't feed off from that litter.

Even as far as her leg stub goes... it isn't sensitive, or inflamed, etc. She seems to do good, and I have a heck of a time finding her, as it isn't obvious when looking in.

But i have had good luck with my babes. I mentioned to you before that I keep 3 species of rodents in together and have never had an incident.

I pull the few holdbacks right around breeding age, and even if they start getting nippy with me, they never turn on each other, I can mix up the tub, add and subtract and reintroduce without incident.

Bruce

[Bruce Whitehead]

BTW... is the wee creepy thing a tamarin?

[broadude]

I'm of the school of thought that "it just happens," "freak accidents," and "random occurances."

I just had and ASF born with no tail (sadly, I just fed him off tonight).

In the rats (not asf) in the first year, I had a trio three headed baby (well, the body was one body and a lot of appendanges and I think the mother put it out of it's misery because the head was chewed off.)

I believe I still have the pics, but I don't want to derail the OP's topic.

[Bruce Whitehead]

I'm of the school of thought that "it just happens," "freak accidents," and "random occurances."

I just had and ASF born with no tail (sadly, I just fed him off tonight).

In the rats (not asf) in the first year, I had a trio three headed baby (well, the body was one body and a lot of appendanges and I think the mother put it out of it's misery because the head was chewed off.)

I believe I still have the pics, but I don't want to derail the OP's topic.

I am not likely to come unhinged.

Feel free to post if you want.

We had a two headed cat when I was a kid... well, my cat Tillly had it, it died after a few hours, but we could trace it to an accident she'd had early in her pregnancy/gestation.

Bruce

[frankykeno]

BTW... is the wee creepy thing a tamarin?

If memory serves it's a newborn/very young slow loris.

[broadude]

I am not likely to come unhinged.

Feel free to post if you want.

We had a two headed cat when I was a kid... well, my cat Tillly had it, it died after a few hours, but we could trace it to an accident she'd had early in her pregnancy/gestation.

Bruce

Ok! The pic was taken on notebook paper (this was in the days of 'sucky' pic taking skills).



Tried again under lower lighting:



It must be noted, that I have had only this one abnormality in the rat collection. At this time, I was using a variety of cat flea and tick products on the bedding. I have stopped that practice.

I have had only one abnormality in the ASF's so far (one born without a tail). It was subsequently fed off (sorry I didn't take pics).