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Old 11-18-02, 12:48 PM   #1
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Question Kinks

I recently noticed that our baby snow corn has some kinks in her spine about 2/3 down her body. I handle her a few times a week and have never noticed them before. She eats like a champ and is growing like a weed.

Besides her clay-pot-base hide, she had a hand full of film canisters to hide in. She would spend a lot of time curlled up in a film container. I'm concerned that being so cramped up while at this stage of growing so fast might have contributed to the kinks so I removed the film containters and gave her a plastic plant instead.

She does not seem to be in any pain...she did not like me feeling the kink but is calm and inquisitive while handling.

Does anyone have any advice on this? Will she grow out of it? Is this a defect from inbreeding (to get snow trait)?

I wil try to get some pics soon.
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