For a dead prey item just sitting there, I do not know of sight playing that much of a role anyway. For moving prey, yes.



I did an experiment. I took a thawed mouse, white, and dusted the tail and feet with calcium powder to make them near white. Put that on a white piece of paper. Placed that in the cage. Snake (did this with a Cal king and a spotted python) sniffed around per usual until it located the prey. Repeated the next time on dark paper with a white mouse. Snakes reacted the same way. That is, they didn't seem to locate the prey any faster - they still used smell primarily. However, if I wiggled either, the snakes saw that movement immediately. Cal kings are great at seeing movement.



I used to breed albino Cals and hets and normals. Seemed that albinos, as adults, were usually more pissy than non-albinos. Not always but it was noticeable. It was always suggested that impaired sight might explain that. Don't know if it is true or not because all of my albinos seemed great at seeing movement.
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