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Blind Elaphe Guttata !!!

snakeoli Jul 08, 2004 07:16 AM

A friend of mine, have hatchlings from Guttata.
And ... he's surprized :
One of them is blind !
No eye !!!!
The baby snake is doing well, ... move easily, ...
etc ...

Does some of you have the same experience ?
If yes, what's append to your snake ?
Tks a lot.

Replies (2)

Lyn Jul 08, 2004 10:29 PM

Wow, I've never heard of one with no eyes at all. I have a baby who was born with just one eye. I posted some pics of him in a post a few days ago. His name is Suezo. Hope the one with no eyes does ok!

Suezo

He just has normal scales where the eye should be...


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Lyns Lair
Frogwatch USA
WNY Herpetological Society

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snakeoli Jul 20, 2004 03:35 AM

Hi,
I just had this W-E pictures on my digital vcamera.
I'll put these on this site if you want ...

Bye,

Oli

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