Have you ever raised a kinked baby, especially the ones that are fine in every sense but a few small visible kinks? I've seen the kinks go away once the snakes were adults, or at least visibly go away. Something about the kink being a calcium deposit during incubation and much more visible in babies. The guess is that it could stem from nutritional needs not being met in the female, incubation conditions and/or a genetic predisposition to sensitivity to the above. Perhaps a change in diet from a wildcaught to captive conditions?

I believe some of the cornsnake breeders have really good info on this subject.
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Mark

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