Quote Originally Posted by TessadasExotics View Post
But it's not just a Pearl. It has survived because there was another gene added to the mix, if I remember correctly.
They don't know, thats why they have to do more breeding to figure out what fixed it.

Quote Originally Posted by RandyRemington View Post
It looks to still be a baby so was it acting different than other pearls at that age and that is why they are hoping it will survive longer?

Several years ago they thought a lesser pearl would survive but I thought I heard later that it didn't. Suppose it's possible another mutation might compensate but seems very unlikely.
I think it was MA Balls that did a couple videos, which shows Kevin going around showing off a bunch of snakes. He pulls out a pearl and you can see exactly what it does, the snake I took a picuture of was acting 100% normal