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More pics! I know I rarely post~ but I'm just so excited! I can't get enough pics of these babies!

I'm a bit worried about this little normal one. It's umbilicus did not close all the way. It does look better today than it did yesterday~ it was a large bulging area yesterday~ so I am hoping given time it will close up.

This clutch had 6 eggs~ looks like it's going to be a 50/50 split~ but the one normal that is out has the umbilicus problem~ and another normal is dead-in-egg. Not sure what happened there~ baby started to pip and then just obviously died. Looks like the Pastels from that clutch are doing well though.
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Cheryl Marchek
AKA JM
The Red Dragons Den
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons~ for you are Crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

The umbilicus should be fine just try to keep it clean. It will close in less than a week., My favorite pastel hatckling from this year had the same thing, it was even bleeding a little. It closed up just fine in less than a week I kept her on moist paper towels in the incubator.
good luck

Here is a pic of one of my pastels...

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T. West
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