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This male was from my het red clutch. His egg hadn't pipped like the rest so I decided to cut it open to see what the problem was. Upon cutting the egg I could see a tiny baby with a huge yolk sac. We did some research and decided to see if his cord was twisted. After making a light probe we could see that it still had blood flow & it was twisted so we made the decision to try to untwist it. 4 days later he had absorbed all that his tiny body could and came loose from his sac. He is about 9" long. He is clearly not out of the woods yet. I'm trying to decide what the best food for him is once he digests his yolk.

Jane Whited
www.mickeysnightmare.com

do you have a weight on it yet?
the smallest ones i have heard of were 12,13 and 14 gram ones and as far as i know they all survived.
also i do believe that at least 2 of the 3 had twisted umbilicus.
adam jeffery
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Mouse fuzz. How much does he weigh?

Sorry I thought I put his weight in there. He weighs 4g. Wow I had never heard of ones weighing 12g-14g! I hope he survives. He is so sweet and prettiest of all the het reds in that clutch. The smallest one I have saved before him was 26g and I thought that was small.
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Jane Whited
www.mickeysnightmare.com