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Shiari
at Fri Nov 13 20:42:18 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Shiari ]
You say thousands. I've yet to see particularly many. As a vet tech, I tend to be a worry wort about the health of my animals, especially as so many of them have health problems.
Kink is a generic term for a spinal deformity. It's like saying "heart disease"... is it hypertrophic or dilitative cardiac myopathy? "Cancer" is a good example too. Is it a sarcoma? a carcinoma? And of those, which type? Adenocarcinoma? Fibrosarcoma? Lymphoma? Osteosarcoma? There are many potential causes for kinks, some of which can result in piebalds that were located around kinked spots in the snake's body.
As to seeing every piebald? No, of course not. And neither have you. The ones that have cropped up have been greeted with hope... but they all had spinal deformities located in the piebald patch. So far as the majority of the community is aware, there is no genetic piebald corn yet.
So, you say there's no difference between something like Nautley and a normal runt. All right, I am perfectly willing to admit that yes, that IS the most likely. HOWEVER, what I was asking was in personal experience, hopefully with stories included, how have corns with highly abnormal patterns, which CAN be linked to underlying health issues, fared? Did they thrive? How long were they in your care? Were they fertile? You know, general signs of overall physical well being.
I guess it's my fault, for being medically oriented, that I hoped to get replies with some actual backing to them.
Carol Huddleston had a motley-type animal similar to this result from a okeetee proven not het motley paired with a motley. The little one barely grew despite eating well, and ended up dying at a few months old. So here I am with my motley-ish snake and the dead one is my only example. You must admit, it's not terribly comforting.
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RE: How often have these guys survived? - Shiari, Fri Nov 13 20:42:18 2009