The Official Birth Defect Documentary *Graphic picture warning*

[angllady2]

Well, you guys know I'm going to add my experience to this thread.

First up is Athena. My adult normal female. She was born eyeless, and there was another hatchling in her clutch that had a deformed jaw. I do not know if that one survived. There were I believe two or three other hatchlings in the clutch that were normal, and Pat and I believe this defects may have been caused by an incubation issue. Athena eats well, shed and grows normally, and is very healthy. And just because I can, here is her pic.


Next up is a clutch of my own babies. I had two fires that were born eyeless, one normal born with one eye, and one normal with a deformed lower jaw, this baby also does not appear to have a tongue. This was caused by a known incubation issue. My incubator malfunctioned about 45 days into their incubation, and spiked to 120 before I caught it. There were other clutches in the incubator as well. The mojave clutch, which was sitting at about 50 days, showed no ill effects from the temp spike at all. All 6 babies hatched completely normal. The multi sire clutch of my husbands was at about day 30, and they all appear to be normal as well.

Here are a few pictures of the fires and normals that were hatched with minor defects.




I have two clutches still in the incubator. My pied clutch was only at about day 10 when the spike hit. Once they emerge, I will know if they have any problems from the incubator spike. The final clutch was not in the incubator at the time.

Gale