odd looking baby!!!!

[dmaricle]

ok this is the baby from that thread i did on a wierd looking egg, he is second to start coming out but something is strange (it may be normal) he has like a completly flat spot in his body. he is still very much alive. im hoping he fills out when he absorbs his yolk.

[Turbo Serpent]

Looks like a kink from that picture... not quite sure. If you can get some better pictures it would be easier to see....

[rabernet]

Have you checked to see if his umbilicus is twisted and preventing him from absorbing the yolk? I would look at that and consider setting him up similarly like the link that I posted with moist paper towel.

[dmaricle]

Have you checked to see if his umbilicus is twisted and preventing him from absorbing the yolk? I would look at that and consider setting him up similarly like the link that I posted with moist paper towel.

hey i just went and did like you said except i could not remove him from the egg completely due to a major vein still attached to the egg, but i cut away most of the egg and it did look like his umbilicus might have been twisted so i straighted that out but he is just so flat its freaky looking.

super flat

[dmaricle]

i hope hes not kinked

[bonzai272]

Ouch! that doesnt look good at all. It might not make it. Or dare I say need to be culled.

[XGetSome]

Looks like a severe Kink to me. This is common in some morphs, Like the Caramel Albino, sometimes it looks really bad, but the snake is able to live a normal life, and even breed. Sometimes not. I hope he is ok....and I wish you luck.

[dmaricle]

Looks like a severe Kink to me. This is common in some morphs, Like the Caramel Albino, sometimes it looks really bad, but the snake is able to live a normal life, and even breed. Sometimes not. I hope he is ok....and I wish you luck.

i thought the same thing but i have never seen a kinked normal. i hope he fills out when he absorbs his yolk

[Turbo Serpent]

I've seen a kinked YB, and it eats fine and I believe was going to be a breeder.

[dr del]

Hi,

One of my hatchlings managed to get hurt in his tub this year and his ribs were quite distorted;





Here he is 4 months later after his first full sized mouse meal;



I hope you lil trooper makes a full recovery too.


dr del