As some of you know, I'm into LTR's (leucistic texas rats) in a big way (see avatar). I'm currently assembling a colony of these ivory beauties to work towards a line of non-bug eyed snakes.
Here is a pic of a snake given to me by a friend who bred hers. This side shows a good example of the "bug eye" common in LTR's. This eye is not so bad, I've seen worse.
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But this snake was born with the other eye missing. It hatched out with a big blister on the other eye, which eventually popped and underneath was some sort of sludgy non-eye. The snake was given to me, to watch over the eye and if need be, be taken to a vet to get the sludge removed. In time the snake shed, and miraculously this "eye" had regenerated underneath.
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This eye can neither move, nor see, and is deformed. (The gunk on the head it peat moss.) I haven't touched the eye, but there appears to be a spectacle on it. It's quite a sight this li'l snake. I won't ever breed her, but I keep her as an example of the eye problems associated with the leucy gene.
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