Even though the frontal, and supraoculars didn't totally fuse correctly, don't let that in itself worry you too much, I've produced over the years some snakes with minor head scale deformities very similar to that, and it didn't negatively affect them at all. Even right now I have a hatchling albino Honduran that has sort of a "hair lip" crease in it's rostral scale, and it doesn't hinder the little guy in the least..LOL!



As a matter of fact, many times snakes that initially have ill- fitting head scales to begin with can tend to have them fuse closer together, at least many times to some degree at least.



I think as long as you keep it in a very small enclosure that is about 80 82 degrees, feed only very tiny pinkies(or pinkie parts) it should be okay. And like the other poster said, the aberrant pattern doesn't necessarily have to be tied in conjunction with a faulty, or lethal gene either.



I would think things will work out just fine here in this case.



So go ahead, sit back, and enjoy that cute little hypo tike, that little joker has some very rich coloration too.







~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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