Monarch with deformities.

[dzyg]

I had a Monarch emerge this morning as I was watching it. I noticed it was having an incredibly hard time getting a hold with its front feet. Finally after a little bit I got a piece of netting up there for it to grab on and it started the wing expansion process. It was hanging there fine and I had to leave. When I got back about an hour later it was still hanging fine but then if fell to the bottom of the container and couldn't seem to move anywhere. I put my finger down for it to crawl onto and it couldn't. So I picked it up and put it in my butterfly cage. Then I noticed how her feet looked funny. One of them has none of the (toes??) on it and the others don't look right. Also its antena don't have the extra part at the end and I am not sure if its probiscus is right either. After being out for over three hours it just now put it together so it looks like one piece instead of two. I haven't tried to see if it could fly yet as it has only been out just over the three hours. It isn't moving around much in the cage like the normal butteflies do but it has fanned its wings a few times. What would you do??

[Teresa]

I would put flowers in with it to see how it handles that long with flying around. If it was fully formed before it droped it should be ok unless it has some severe deformities. Good luck, it breaks my heart too