Eyeless Bloodred het Hypo, Lavender

[VinnyJ]

This little guy came from a breeding load I did with Shane (Emanon). The mother was a bloodred and the father was a Hypo Bloodred Lavender. All the hatchlings, with the exception of this one, are perfectly normal looking bloodreds. It's a male and seems perfectly healthy with the exception of not having any eyes. I'm not sure if you can tell from the pictures but it looks like the eyes are completely missing and not just covered by the scales. He's very alert and seems to move around in the same manner as all the other hatchlings... the only difference being that he doesn't react to movement around him. Here's some pics.

 

[zeewhiz]

sad to see, but FARKIN AWESOME at the same time.... I'd name him Gray Fox.... he looks just like the cyborg from MGS1

 

[Caryl]

I'm glad he seems to function all right, but I definitely would NOT breed him.

 

[Weebonilass]

awww poor thing What are you going to do with him?

 

[VinnyJ]

awww poor thing What are you going to do with him?

We haven't decided what to do with him. I want to see if he sheds and eats ok. Then we'll go from there.

 

[Voodoo]

Very interesting little fella. Hope he makes it!

 

[Eli173]

I've never seen anything like that before and I'm glad he's doing good otherwise. Since he's not bothered by movement he would be great for a classroom or office. Got to look at the silver lining right?
Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[VinnyJ]

I've never seen anything like that before and I'm glad he's doing good otherwise. Since he's not bothered by movement he would be great for a classroom or office. Got to look at the silver lining right?
Thanks for sharing the pics.

Never thought of that. He really has a great disposition. He never once tried to bite or get defensive. I would think it would be quite the opposite. :shrugs:

 

[Drizzt80]

Never thought of that. He really has a great disposition. He never once tried to bite or get defensive. I would think it would be quite the opposite. :shrugs:

That answered my question. While he couldn't visually see your advances I'd think he'd have a heightened reaction to being touched. :shrugs:

Cool, yet creepy.

D80

 

[bekers71]

That poor little fellow. Wonder what could have caused such a mutation? The rest of the clutch are fine right? Keep us posted on how it goes with this little one.

 

[cornmorphs]

poor little guy, very unusual

 

[VinnyJ]

That poor little fellow. Wonder what could have caused such a mutation? The rest of the clutch are fine right? Keep us posted on how it goes with this little one.

Yes. The rest of the clutch is perfectly normal. The clutch just recently hatched out so they still have to shed and eat. Still waiting on one egg to pip.

 

[Wis_fishing_guy]

Poor guy.Crazy never seen such a thing before.I will be keeping up with him, so pls keep us posted!!!

 

[Drizzt80]

That poor little fellow.

In my continuous life-long struggle to always look at the positive . . . he doesn't even know he's blind.

D80

 

[tom e]

Does he flick his tongue more often than the others?

 

[VinnyJ]

Does he flick his tongue more often than the others?

I wouldn't say more but just as much. He really moves and acts like any normal hatchling. I put him under a deli cup for a minute or so to be able to lift the cup and take a few quick pictures with out him taking off. While he was in the cup he did like any other hatchling and searched all over the cup for a way out. He also went up the sides of the deli cup to find a way out. I'm very surprised by his very "normal" behavior.

 

[ForkedTung]

Well cornsnakes aren't really know for their "hawk-like" vision anyways, but they are know for their sometimes very picky and exceptional sense of smell...I'll bet whoever takes him finds him to be a very nice and normal snake, he should easily survive in captivity....

 

[Iguanagirl8662]

Aww poor little guy I hope he eats fine. I love him though he's very cute. He reminds me of a frog I had, he was eyeless also.

 

[Voodoo]

Well cornsnakes aren't really know for their "hawk-like" vision anyways, but they are know for their sometimes very picky and exceptional sense of smell...I'll bet whoever takes him finds him to be a very nice and normal snake, he should easily survive in captivity....

I'm with ForkedTung on this one. With that in mind, I'll take him off your hands.

 

[Tula_Montage]

I had an eyeless hatchling, VERY interesting to note the differences in behaviour. I hope you can get yours eating on it's own. Mine never did and unfortunatley never made it.