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A Very "Special" baby boy collared has arrived, his name is Rolly. His sibblings arrived last week, and we waited patiently for him to hatch. We wondered what was taking him so long.
Then finally 10/21 he arrived. He's quite beautiful, and would make the Grinch's heart melt.

He has a bit of a deformity to his cute lil face. He never developed an eye on one side,and his tiny nose is sort of twisted to that side, which leaves his mouth alittle off center. So far Rolly eats well with gusto, and basks with his sibblings. At night he finds his way to his cave/bed and curls up with the other kids.

He also has a curly kind of piggy tail, which leaves him a little off balance, especially with just one eye. So occasionally he tilts over, and then bounces up on his own.( The name just fit, Rolly)

I think as he gains strength, and learns to deal with the vision , or lack of, he should get more sure -footed. I'm hoping he will thrive, and live a long, healthy, happy life here with us. He will always have alot of collared friends to keep him company.

I will keep ya updated on his progress.

Rolly when hatched 10/21

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Eve
Suncharmers Colorful Collareds & Lotsa Leopards

Rolly, 2 days old now, and is very pretty lil guy :0)

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Eve
Suncharmers Colorful Collareds & Lotsa Leopards

Aww, what a cutie! The tail is adorable. I hope he does well with you! I had a couple of baby uros with some developmental malfunctions because of an incubator problem. They were called Stilts and Waddles. Sadly, they didn't make it more than a few months, but they were sure spunky little guys - especially Stilts.
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.2 Saharan Uros (Joe, Arthur, and Hitch)
3.0 Mali Uros (Spike, Turtle, and Tank)
1.0 Ornate Uro (Scuttlebutt)
1.2 Collared Lizards (Ripcord, Thiamine, and Riboflavin)
1.1 Housecats (Roscolux and Jenny)

Hi, I'm sorry about your lil special dudes :0( baby uro's are super cute too! Stinks when they hatch strange, sad! I also think it may have been the incubator, it was turned off for hours one day when we were getting a power upgrade. I have never had such a deformity of this kind in 16 years with a collared.

I never give up on these kind of kids though. I remember a guy that had a chuckwalla hatch after his incubator had accidently been turned off, she hatched severely deformed, legs not really formed no real/what you would call feet, legs still folded up. At 6 days old he sent her ot me, and my beautiful HOOTY girl will be about 11 years old this year :0) Still scaddling around, lol

Just one of the many cuties running around here this season

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Eve
Suncharmers Colorful Collareds & Lotsa Leopards