The causes of the birth defects you mentioned can be pretty varied. Some of the animals you spoke of can live relatively healthy lives as pets, but I would HIGHLY discourage breeding any of them in case the defects are inheritable.
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Amanda Burke
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• Birth Defects - sidneydawson, Sun Jul 16 20:45:59 2006
• RE: Birth Defects - Amanda_Burke, Sun Jul 16 22:59:47 2006
• RE: Birth Defects - az_gunner, Mon Jul 17 00:05:40 2006
• RE: Birth Defects - PastelDream, Mon Jul 17 01:24:59 2006
• long winded answer, ; - ) - rainbowsrus, Mon Jul 17 11:04:40 2006
• RE: long winded answer, ; - ) - sidneydawson, Mon Jul 17 21:00:49 2006