Kinked hatchling what to do?

[Jsh]

I have a male normal that was born slightly kinked, he's 6 now

That makes me feel a little better. She still seems like a normal hatchling today, just a few extra kinks.

[MKHerps]

You're snake does not look that bad. It will most likely eat and do fine. I would not suggest using it for breeding in the future, and you will probably have a hard time selling it. So keep it as a pet or give it to someone that will use it as a pet and not a breeder. Ralph Davis has some youtube videos on kinked Carmel Albinos, check them out. This happens sometimes, but frim my experience that snake is not that bad and will so fine.

On a side note you said it was spider x normal right. That baby looks good if it is a normal. Very Yellowbellyish.

Matt

[Jsh]

You're snake does not look that bad. It will most likely eat and do fine. I would not suggest using it for breeding in the future, and you will probably have a hard time selling it. So keep it as a pet or give it to someone that will use it as a pet and not a breeder. Ralph Davis has some youtube videos on kinked Carmel Albinos, check them out. This happens sometimes, but frim my experience that snake is not that bad and will so fine.

On a side note you said it was spider x normal right. That baby looks good if it is a normal. Very Yellowbellyish.

Matt

I hope she does well, I don't intend to sell her but If she does pull through I'll give her away to a good home as a pet of if I don't decide to give her a permanent home with me. I've seen a video with one of his kinked carmels he has grown up that looks much worse than this girl. She is defiantly a normal but does have a nice look to her.

[adamjeffery]

i dont agree with this statement. i have had quite a few baby cornsnakes with SLIGHT kinks that worked themselves out after a few months. not sure on balls but kinks can and do go away after snakes eat for a few months. now extreme kinks i doubt would, but since your statement was a blanket comment i figured i would state my experiences in this situation.
adam jeffery

Kinks in newly hatched snakes are different than kinks in lizards in geckos. With lizards they are usually a result of an improper diet and not enough calcium, and can sometimes be remedied by providing the proper diet and supplementing them with extra calcium. The kinks that snakes are born with are not normally nutritional and cannot be remedied in the same way.