All 10 have come out the egg on the 12th this month! Was from 1st time mom so really was not expecting so many! Iv weighed them all and all in 40 gram with 5 in 50gram weight! The nicest one is only 32gram but did see like a big lump of red/yellow gew in egg after she came out! Would this be a twin where the one never developed! Thats wy small?
Is the small one going to survive and will it always be playing catch up if it does?
What I’d consider to be on the small side is any hatchling under 55 grams.
That looks like unabsorbed yolk. Exactly like what I’ve seen in 2 of my babies that didn’t fully absorb.
I have high confidence that it will survive, but definitely keep an eye on it. If it seems to become lethargic or weak it will need to be assist fed. It will definitely take a while to catch up but it won’t need to do so indefinitely once it eats on its own readily.
My most recent clutch hatched out a 34g baby that needed a few assisted meals and she is now over double her weight from hatching, right now I’m trying to work on getting her to eat on her own since she’s the only one who won’t. So be mindful that you will need patience with your small hatchling.
Thanks i will take time and patience with them and more so the little one! Im just waiting on there 1st shed know and then i will split them up,
Got frozen multi 4-6gram and 10 gram also mice 6gram and 8 and 12-14 gram! Will order few rats!
Just hope i aint got to go down live way as tricky to get for me!
The hatchling I had at 32 grams with an unabsorbed yolk like this did need to be assist fed. It took a few months for her to eat on her own and this was still only offering assist meals as needed, not regularly.
When she DID finally eat on her own was when I offered a pinky rat that was born that day. X_x
hatched in July and ate on her own in Nov. You may need patience. But also… sometimes you’re luck and they just know.
