Bulging eyes

New to the forum.

Hey everyone, I just bought a Super Lesser from a person who had to get rid of his snake due to an addition to his family. I saw the snake before I give him the money and was amazed by color of the snake. Upon further inspection when I got home, I noticed the bulging eyes and wondered if this is some type of genetic defect or is the snake sick?
Does anyone out there have a Super Lesser with big ole eyes like my new Python?? .. Pics to come when I get off of work.

Gonzo

Bulging eyes are a common defect of Super Lessers. Shouldn't be anything to worry about as long as they look nice and clear.

Oh yeah the eyes are nice and clear... thanks for the quick response !!

Not a prob! Congrats on your new addition!

Have you bred your snakes? I bought mine so that I can get into breeding.
I have a female Spider and a male Enchi, bother babies

I have. :) Just had a clutch http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...d-x-pixel-pied

The bigger question here is whether or not you would breed a snake with a visible deformity, regardless of how common that deformity was with that lineage. Personally, I would not, and as a buyer I would not want to buy a snake that came from such an animal. Therefore, if you decide to breed and sell from it, you should be 100% transparent as to the physical condition of that animal.

Good luck with it.

Warren

Hey Warren,

I don't plan on breeding him simply because of the defect.. It wouldn't be fair

Whitey Bulger is very cute in a cartoonish kinda way. glad u can give him a home. :)

If Lesser x Lesser gives you Lucies with big eyes, and you breed one of the Lucies to a Pastel, all the babies should be just fine, right? Or is this particular snake just different than all the other Lesser Lucies?

Dave

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Originally Posted by EmberBall

If Lesser x Lesser gives you Lucies with big eyes, and you breed one of the Lucies to a Pastel, all the babies should be just fine, right? Or is this particular snake just different than all the other Lesser Lucies?

Dave

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Hatchling from BEL bug eye lol to pastel will be fine.

Super Butter are also prone to bug eye so are Butter X Lesser Bel.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Hatchling from BEL bug eye lol to pastel will be fine.

Super Butter are also prone to bug eye so are Butter X Lesser Bel.

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Right, but we all know Butter and Lesser are the same, so if you have a Lucy that has big eyes,
and that is a trait of the Super but the offspring will be fine, then breeding
it is alright in my book.

It's only a trait of the super. So if you breed the bug eye to anything that doesn't give you a BEL the eyes will be fine.