Need advice!!!

malia1978

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I have some babies that are a week and a half old.... they are eating great (I think) but can you guys take a look at these pictures and tell me what is wrong with these two... it almost looks like one was born with no eyes, and the other one has a super pointy face, and one eye??? The rest of the babies look normal. Any suggestions or advice please!!
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Though it is hard to see from your pictures, I believe such defects may be the result of inbreeding. It's quite normal for amphibians (and many species) to produce large numbers of offspring - some of which are genetically defective and malformed. Obviously they don't survive long. The percent of malformed offspring tends to increase when closely-related individuals breed (inbreeding depression) . Many folk cull the malformed individuals and humanely euthanize them - if they survive that long. Good luck keeping the healthy ones alive. Raising them from eggs is challenging (but certainly not impossible) until they get some legs.
 
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