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Kinked Axolotl larva

tigmades

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Hi guys,

One of my 6-day old newborns developed 2 kinks in his body - 1 near his neck, the other partway thru his tail. Anyone have one that had this before? What are Crowbar's chances of survival?
 

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i did my first cull last night of the larva i have here and had a few like this.

can they survive? Maybe

should they? Not in my personal opinion
 
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S/he's eating and moving fine so he's not suffering from what I can tell... I want to give him a chance seeing as it doesn't seem to be in pain and I don't mind keeping the little guy... I'm rather fond of it... I definitely would want to prevent any genes carrying on though.
 
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Nice to hear you want to let it live AND keep it from breeding. C-bar's name gave me the giggles too. Nice one!:grin:
 
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Love the name, and that you are keeping it out of the gene pool.Thank you for looking out for everyone.
 
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Martin21114 said:
Nice to hear you want to let it live AND keep it from breeding. C-bar's name gave me the giggles too. Nice one!:grin:
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It popped into my head out of no where and I couldn't get it to leave, haha! Glad you like it!


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Love the name, and that you are keeping it out of the gene pool.Thank you for looking out for everyone.
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As big mama, it's my job ;) Plus look at him/her... they're so friggin' cute!!!! AHHHH!! Lol! If I'm correct, he's also a melanoid... and since Toothless (my melly juvie) stole my heart with all his shameless begging, bloodworm hats, and general curiosity, melanoid youngsters are my favorite at them moment ;)
 
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