Disappointment: First '07 Hatchling

[jaxom1957]

Well, there's no real way to enforce it anyway, but there may be no need to even request it. I'll probably leave the decision to the snakes' new owners.

Right, but if I accepted a snake on that condition, I would stand by it. Still- I'm hoping they are just ok.

If Dean is gifting the snake with the provision that it never be bred, to do so would be both rude and unethical. However, if Dean leaves the decision to the new owner, whichever decision they make, to breed or not, is consistent with Dean's wishes and true to the spirit of the gift.

The more the discussion continues, the more convinced I am that the condition is a sign of late development or premature hatching. Absence evidence to the contrary, I believe a test breeding would be beneficial to the hobbyist community. Until dome headed hatchling mature and we see their offspring, there are few definitive answers.

 

[Roy Munson]

The more the discussion continues, the more convinced I am that the condition is a sign of late development or premature hatching. Absence evidence to the contrary, I believe a test breeding would be beneficial to the hobbyist community. Until dome headed hatchling mature and we see their offspring, there are few definitive answers.

I agree completely.

 

[Pet Corn Snake]

Hey dean, I'm not very intelligent but Ive read all this thread, well most of it and Ive tried to figure it all out, from what Ive read the dome head corn was born pretty bad but was still acting normal and as the days have gone on the dome has got smaller? if thats so.. WOW!! thats really interesting.. its like he's healing himself! or something!! well i hope the little guys are okay I'm sorry if you have already (culled) them and Ive missed the write up but from what Ive read they are all still alive?

 

[psyhodad]

This got my curiosity piqued so I did some searchs and reading. Most all information points to this being caused by hydrocephalus and skull formation. Whether this is caused by genetic or environmental factors still remains to be seen.

Here's an interesting link though about dome heads in dogs.

http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/health/hydrocephalus.htm

Dean, by any chance did you contact Hurley and ask her opinion on this? It sure would be interesting to see what she has to say on this and whether or not this has happen to them.

I hope you continue with the pictures so we can follow along and see how the progression of this goes.

 

[Roy Munson]

Hey dean, I'm not very intelligent but Ive read all this thread, well most of it and Ive tried to figure it all out, from what Ive read the dome head corn was born pretty bad but was still acting normal and as the days have gone on the dome has got smaller? if thats so.. WOW!! thats really interesting.. its like he's healing himself! or something!! well i hope the little guys are okay I'm sorry if you have already (culled) them and Ive missed the write up but from what Ive read they are all still alive?

Hey George. You seem pretty intelligent to me, and you seem to have summed up the condition of these snakes accurately. They're still alive, and apparently doing as well as any of my other hatchlings (all of which seem completely normal and healthy).

This got my curiosity piqued so I did some searchs and reading. Most all information points to this being caused by hydrocephalus and skull formation. Whether this is caused by genetic or environmental factors still remains to be seen.

Here's an interesting link though about dome heads in dogs.

http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/he...drocephalus.htm

Yeah, I tried researching this myself, but there's very little (like ZERO) info specifiic to snakes. From what little info I found, it seems surprising that these guys' conditions seem to have cleared up on their own so quickly.

Dean, by any chance did you contact Hurley and ask her opinion on this? It sure would be interesting to see what she has to say on this and whether or not this has happen to them.

That's a great idea, but I haven't done so yet. I've seen an old thread around here where Chuck seemed to suspect that it was caused by too much moisture in the incubation environment, and I believe that Connie led him to this conclusion.

I hope you continue with the pictures so we can follow along and see how the progression of this goes.

I'll definitely update. Hopefully I can get the two to eat.

 

[Yvonne112]

I've checked out a pretty interesting web site: www.smuggled.com/egg1.htm in one of the first pictures of a hatchling scrub python, the head pretty much looks domed to me. It's a pretty interesting read either way.

 

[Roy Munson]

I've checked out a pretty interesting web site: www.smuggled.com/egg1.htm in one of the first pictures of a hatchling scrub python, the head pretty much looks domed to me. It's a pretty interesting read either way.

That was an interesting read. But I'm pretty sure that the scrub python looked normal for a scrub python hatchling (not that I know anything about them really).

 

[Yvonne112]

That was an interesting read. But I'm pretty sure that the scrub python looked normal for a scrub python hatchling (not that I know anything about them really).

I don't really know anything about them either, I might have just been looking for something that wasn't really there. :shrugs:
At least I can say I've learned something new today...always good!