Meet Hulk, the Puppy Who Was Born Lime Green

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Hulk the Green Puppy

Puppies are born every day, but not necessarily green ones. It happened just a few days ago in Canton, North Carolina. For one family, it was an โ€œincredibleโ€ experience.

Shana Stamey and her family knew their white German Shepherd, Gypsy, would have puppies soon. They came Friday morning. โ€œShe had them in three hours,โ€ Stamey said.

Gypsy had a litter of eight. All went as expected until the fourth one came along.

โ€œAnd then I realized the puppy was moving, and he was lime green,โ€ Stamey said. Stamey said, except for the color, everything went fine with Gypsyโ€™s first litter. โ€œSheโ€™s done really good. Sheโ€™s a good mom,โ€ Stamey said.

But, why do some puppies come out green?

โ€œThe sack that theyโ€™re in when theyโ€™re in their mom, there can be meconium in there and that tends to stain them,โ€ Junaluska Animal Hospital veterinarian technician Suzanne Cianciulli said. Meconium is an infant mammalโ€™s earliest stool.

โ€œI knew it wasnโ€™t like harmful. But I still had to look it up again to make sure,โ€ Shana says. It can especially color white fur.

Hulk the Green Puppy

โ€œMom licks it away until I bathe it and then, I guess after a couple of weeks, it will finally like fade out,โ€ Stamey said.

What do you name a green pup with an aggressive appetite? โ€œHulk! It was lime green. He was super mad. So, yeah, he became Hulk,โ€ Stamey said.

Her family enjoyed the naming possibilities. โ€œWe thought about Gremlin, yeah, Pistachio. We call him Mr. Green sometimes,โ€ Stamey said.

At least for now, Hulk is a standout from his brothers and sisters. But the green is fading gradually to white.

โ€œBecause heโ€™s yellow now, someone said Pikachu,โ€ Stamey said with a laugh.

Stamey said if her family had a big farm, theyโ€™d keep the puppies. The family plans on looking for loving families to adopt the pups when theyโ€™re old enough. But they figure, like finding a shamrock, theyโ€™re lucky to have Hulk.

โ€œA good luck charm. We think so. Heโ€™s pretty special,โ€ Stamey said.

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