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First a little background on the situation. I found a large proximus proximus last night near my house (in the mall parking lot basically). She showed all the signs of being hit (blood, aggressive, bumps in the stomach region from compaction of intestines/internal organs) so I took her home. If she survived the night, I was going to take her into work and put her down if I could find that she was actually hit. Well, I awoke in the morning to seven beautiful little proxies along with their mom. Throughout the day while I watched on and snapped pictures, she dropped 9 more (one stillborn). Now here goes the question...I feel silly asking since I normally don't ask questions at all. Anyway, one of the has bug eyes. I know some snakes, such as the leucy obsoleta lindheimerii, can be bug eyed from genetic inbreeding and such. Is that what could have caused the condition? I plan on releasing all the babies after my supervisor at the shelter uses them for her "Snakes Alive" awareness class, except for the bug eyed one. I plan to keep it until I can be sure it is releasable (of course, I will do this through the shelter which has the permits to release animals even after capture). Thanks for the help. Andy
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Andy Maddox
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

Who are you who can say it's ok to live through me? Alice In Chains

It's either the result of some genetic flaw, (I suppose possibly from some inbreeding if the population is isolated and small) or it's from some sort of bacterial infection that he had while still in gestation. I would lean more toward the latter. If he seems to have normal vision, can feed and is motile, I see no need to euthanize him, just release him and let nature take it's course.

Thanks a ton. I wasn't planning on putting the little guy down...he was actually the first out of his sack. If he doesn't appear to be able to see or feed then I probably will end up keeping him to ensure his survival (he is just so cute haha). Andy
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Andy Maddox
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

Who are you who can say it's ok to live through me? Alice In Chains