Tiny Eye Radix

guidofatherof5 · 05-24-12, 07:35 AM

I found this very nice young, female radix in my backyard. This in itself isn't unusual at all as I live in heavily populated area.
The strange thing is her right eye. I've never seen this in one of my radixes or any other snake species.
Just wondering if anyone else has seen this in snakes?

infernalis · 05-24-12, 10:14 AM

That is crazy Steve, Nice pics.

guidofatherof5 · 05-24-12, 03:26 PM

Going to shoot some macros of the eye in the next couple of days. I'll be sure to post them.

alessia55 · 05-24-12, 03:52 PM

Wow, that's interesting. I wonder if he has sight at all in that eye?
Looking forward to those macro shots...

guidofatherof5 · 05-25-12, 07:00 PM

*UPDATE*

After taking a few macro photos of the eye I'm not sure the snake has a tiny eye.
It looks to me like their is a normal size eye in there and that maybe the orbit is the problem.
It looks to me like something is wrong with the area around that eye. It looks sunken in to me.
I'm wondering if this snake as a baby was injured and as she grows the eye orbit is getting smaller. Just a thought.
The lower jaw not lining up wasn't an issue. It only occurred in the photo.
I would like any other ideas you might have, please.
Tinyeye is a sweet little radix and I hope she will be with me for a long time.
I'll try to get a few macros of the normal side and post them for comparison.

youngster · 05-25-12, 07:41 PM

Hmm, it does look like the scales are blocking her eye, I wonder why.