First Deformity (Graphic)

[aalomon]

Im posting this first for a little moral support and second to remind people that there is always the possibility that you'll have this happen to you.

I cut my pastel albino x ivory clutch yesterday and noticed that one of the babies had a kink in him. I was slightly disappointed, but still happy that the rest of the eggs looked good.

Today I checked on them today and the kinked baby had shifted and I knew that it was over. No upper lip, cyclops, and multiple other kinks. I pulled him, snapped a pic and euthanized him. All this took about 2 minutes, but it still killed me to watch him struggle. Still, the rest of the clutch seems fine so Im going to concentrate on them.

I am going to post the pic. I think its good for people to be able to see what can happen when you're in this hobby.

PIC BELOW - GRAPHIC

and I do feel that after that I should post a pic of why we still love this hobby, even with the risks.



Good luck to you all with you're clutches! Hopefully I soaked up a lot of the bad luck.