This baby was born this way about 2 months ago. He was the first baby born in a litter of 14. All of the other babies in the litter were perfectly formed. I can't really even guess the cause of this guys birth defects. I just thought some would like to see him.
This guy behaves perfectly normal in every way. He is active and growing at a normal rate. If he appeared to be in pain or suffering in any way, I would probably decide to cull him, but like I said - except for his hideous appearance, he seems normal in every way. As long as this continues I will give him the best life I can, just like all of my other skinks.
When he was born I expected him to die in a day or two. He surprised me! It's hard to not form a special affection for such a unique skink!





His mouth isn't lined up exactly right. Sometimes his tongue hangs out a little.


His head is too malformed too. It is actually worse than it appears in the pictures. There is a significant "dent" in his skull.


I think it is worth noting that many people would immediately assume that a skink with a spine like this is suffering from MBD. This is not the case with this guy. Of course I don't know exactly what caused this condition, only that it happened before he was born. I guess it is possible that the cause was a shortage of calcium being processed invitro which in essence is the same thing as MBD. If anyone has any thoughts I am very interested.
I am planning on taking some advice I got from Ray this year about some supplements to give to gravid females. He claims that birth defects are greatly reduced when he does this.