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Lemongirl babies, 1999

 

Lemongirl laid her first clutch in the spring of 1999, but only four eggs were fertile.  One of these was a runt, one of two twins in the egg.  This animal was eating tiny pinks and appeared to be a survivor, when it died mysteriously.  Soon it became obvious there was a serious problem with many of the spring hatchlings, and later a kidney-destroying toxin was diagnosed...but too late to save nearly twenty babies from four clutches.  The Lemongirl babies all succumbed.   The clutch was sired by a male with high yellow genetics, that is now in another collection.