Schloaty
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Rats! So, one of my female Budwings molted to adulthoon this weekend; badly.
She lost the use of one of her raptorial arms...to make matters worse, it was getting all tangled in her other legs. Had to get out the snips and amputate at the elbow. She was NOT pleased with me.
Anyway, hopefull the stress won't kill her - she seems ok so far...
Question is - should I mate her? Don't think she would have lived to breed in the wild.
She lost the use of one of her raptorial arms...to make matters worse, it was getting all tangled in her other legs. Had to get out the snips and amputate at the elbow. She was NOT pleased with me.
Anyway, hopefull the stress won't kill her - she seems ok so far...
Question is - should I mate her? Don't think she would have lived to breed in the wild.
Sorry, I had to edit, I got so excited all I could think of was wrapping this up to go check out a fan. So as I was saying, in the wild there is usually wind, the wind may blow them giving gravity a chance to make them pull out of the molt better. If you think about it the babies are blown about by the wind upon hatching, and they float to different places in the bushes and weeds and so on. This is also how more are ment to survive by our Good Maker. If they all stayed in one place they would soon be eaten by the birds, ants, spiders and each other. Yes the Wind makes sense. While you are blowing around you would be heavier to. It's much easier to pick up a 20 lb bag of dog food compared to a 20 lb bag of feeder corn, due to the shifting of the corn! 
