What is the difference between a Runt and a Late Bloomer?
A Late Bloomer is a normal growing male or female that is most likely deprived of as much food as the others. When you separate a Late Bloomer and it no longer has to fight for food, it will gain in size and quickly catch up to the others. A Runt is a smaller male or female, that even after separation still remains small and takes longer to grow. Some believe that runts will pass this along to the next generation, others say they have bred a runt and have not had one runt in the litter.
