a runt means the smallest in the litter...health has nothing to do with it (most of the time) IMHO. Every one of my litters has a smallest and a largest. The only health issue Ive had (knock on wood or my head) with a runt is the ONE AND ONLY hypoglocemia attack with "Baby"
If a tiny comes out of a standard size breeding IMHO (or at least in my experience) means one of two things she/he was the last conceived or they ran out of room inside of mom and need to catch up, the runts always get the teats first to help them along.
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