Twins? What do I do? They’re both alive !

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Help! We have a hatchling that happens to be twins! They are both alive.. one is super small. What do we do?
 

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Congrats on your twins! Please let us know how they do.
 

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Good luck with the new twins the video looks helpful and I am sure there will be extra advise on here should you have questions. Please share pics as you progress and they grow.
 

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Hi everyone ! The twins are separated and doing well! They are both walking around although one is super tiny.. I have been trying to feed it water blended greens to give him some nutrients.. any advice ? Also just found out the bigger one has a deformity on his back legs where it’s facing outwards? He’s still crawling around the incubator just fine.
 

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Congrats on the twins! Maybe @Yvonne G can help you about the leg. She has rehabilitated many. She might have an idea.
 

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Hi everyone ! The twins are separated and doing well! They are both walking around although one is super tiny.. I have been trying to feed it water blended greens to give him some nutrients.. any advice ? Also just found out the bigger one has a deformity on his back legs where it’s facing outwards? He’s still crawling around the incubator just fine.
I had the leg problem with a hatchling sulcata. I raised the back portion of the shell to force the legs to stretch to touch the ground. The umbilicus should probably heal first. My tort wasn't as small so I modified a plastic water bottle cap shaped as a wedge so as not too troublesome with substrate and taped it around the body. Good luck.
 

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