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Old 10-08-02, 04:03 PM   #1
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Question Blind snake???????????

Ok, sometimes I sware, my ball python seems to be blind!!! Its really weird, like she will bump into things, and then I can wave my hand all around her head, and she doesnt do anything!! Most of my snakes would pull back or something. Is there arny for sure wasy to tell if your snake is blind. Oh, almost forgot, one time I was feeding her, and I was dangling the pinkie and she struck, but she completly missed!!! Well, lemme know!!
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Old 10-08-02, 04:07 PM   #2
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Ball Pythons are known for their bad eyesight
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Old 10-08-02, 04:13 PM   #3
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you could take her to a vet they could tell
not that uncomon for a baby snake to strike and miss
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Old 10-08-02, 04:29 PM   #4
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ooooh, I did not know that Lisa.....interesting!!! Maybe I will do that jsnake, I will keep a close eye on her!! THANX!
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Old 10-08-02, 05:53 PM   #5
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Hey, J.J.
Although a trip to the vet never hurts, I wouldn't get too worried about your snake. My BP is much the same way .. I've had him strike two or three times at a mouse that was just standing in front of him and miss. I actually had him wrap a plant once and squish it to death. lol. He looked quite upset when he unwrapped and realized it wasn't a mouse. BP's tend to rely more on smell and heat to "see" what's going on. ('course that doesn't explain the plant thing!)
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Old 10-08-02, 07:39 PM   #6
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LOL!! that is too funny!!! ha ha!! Well, I guess Im not worried, I just wanted to know. Because, I know if she is blind, she still can smell and use her heat senses. Ok, thanx alot!! Anyways, I dont liek takingmy snakies to the vet cause my baby boa got 3 shots there, and now she is alot more alert and isnt as nice, but se still is a sweetheart!
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I have a baby corn that strikes and forgets to open her mouth! It's the funniest thing. It took four strikes on a pinky today before she remembered to open wide!
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Quervo: maybe your python's a vegitarian.
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Maybe you must buy the ball a pair of contactlenses.
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Old 10-10-02, 06:10 PM   #10
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OMG!! YOU ALL ARE SOOO FUNNY!!! LOL!! Contactlenses, or some snakie glasses!! A vegetarian snake, now that would be easy to feed!!
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