I bought a pair of couperi last summer, captive-bred from England.

They are doing fine, but I think that both animals' tails are deformed. They appear to taper too abruptly. The picture is of the female ( I think), the male is not so extreme.

Is this a common incubation defect, or is this in fact the normal appearance for this species? I'm not too worried about it, I consider it at worse to be a cosmetic defect.

I would appreciate any comments.

Thanks

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• Is this normal? - HANGER, Thu Sep 29 04:08:33 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - steve fuller, Thu Sep 29 05:03:02 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Carmichael, Thu Sep 29 06:26:43 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Eric East, Thu Sep 29 07:43:57 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Mike Stefani, Thu Sep 29 11:40:14 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - Carmichael, Sat Oct 1 08:12:12 2005
• RE: Dwarfism.. - epidemic, Tue Oct 4 10:00:48 2005
• RE: HANGER, What country do you live in? np - specopspook, Thu Sep 29 11:10:49 2005
• I live in Denmark n/p - HANGER, Mon Oct 3 03:14:46 2005
• RE: Not normal, but - epidemic, Thu Sep 29 16:02:30 2005
• RE: Is this normal? - chuck911jeep, Sat Oct 1 17:13:57 2005
• Not a dwarf! - HANGER, Mon Oct 3 03:23:47 2005