deltadawn758
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Brother/Sister 1 Time Inbreeding - 2007/10/11 06:53
I was given a female that was accidently allowed to become impregnated by her brother before the lady could seperate the siblings. The lady freaked out and gave me the pregnant female who just had babies (a few days after she was given to me). She wasn't sure the female was pregnant but assumed the female would be when I told her she wasn't supposed to be housing them together even though they were both still young. I think the female is around 4-5 months old,but am not sure. Unfortunately, this lady didn't know enough about hedgies to even have them, but that's beside the point at this stage.
I've read many things about inbreeding hedgies and my question is, if this was a one time inbreeding, will the babies be all right or will they more than likely experience health problems down the road. They are very young and may not even make it to weaning age, but I want to be prepared in what to expect.
At least the lady has only the male left and cannot accidently inbreed anymore. I have coached her into using the Internet to research hedgies and have agreed to be her mentor and to help when I can. The definite good that has come out of this experience is the fact she is really willing and eager to learn and I helped to educate someone that otherwise would have went uneducated.
Thanks in advance for any helpful advice anyone can give me in this matter.
~~Tree
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