A puppy has been given the name Fiona from Shrek after being born green.
Annise Tooley owns four dogs – two chiweenie pit bulls and two full-blood American pit bulls.
The 57-year-old’s two American pitbulls have recently had babies, welcoming five puppies – three boys and two girls.
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But one of the girls came out a different colour to the others…
Green.
“I immediately looked it up and they say it’s a rare condition but it’s not harmful to her at all,” Annise told What’s The Jam.
“And usually it goes away after a few weeks but sometimes it doesn’t.
“The rest are also all white!
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“Fiona is very healthy and extremely active.
“She also keeps wondering away from her mom then cries when she can’t find her.”
The puppies were born on 3 November at their home in Mississippi, US.
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She said: “I wish we could keep them all as they are so cute.
“But we can’t afford that at the moment.
“We are going to sell them all but Fiona, I am doing a raffle for her.”
And this isn’t the only colourful puppy to hit headlines.
Just a few months ago, a golden retriever gave birth to a rare lime green puppy.
This baby was named Shamrock thanks to her ‘lucky’ shade of green.
Likely caused by the bile in her mother’s womb, the colour dyed her coat.
Her owners, Greg and Carole DeBruler, from Pensacola, Florida, said they tried to “rub” the colour off at first.
They were left shocked when they realised Shamrock remained green.
“While it is not uncommon for light coloured pups to have some green on them when born, Shamrock was deep, dark green,” Carole, from Ireland, told What’s The Jam
“My hubby and I have been raising puppies for almost 17 years now and we have never seen something quite like that!
“From our research, we believed that she was stained from contact with biliverdin in the womb.
“It is rare for this deep of staining to happen. “She is a cutie!”
Shamrock’s fur has since faded.
If you’d like to enter the raffle to win little Fiona, you can enter here.
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