Now, I've read a lot of the problems with spiders, and have seen the back and forth arguments about whether or not they are okay to breed, seen statistics and how many seem to develop severe problems and how many don't, but I never really see too much about the problems with other morphs.

When I look it up the answer is usually just: caramels have kinking issues, cinnamons have the 'duck bill', BELs have bug eyes, and spiders have their own neurotic problems. I rarely see anyone go into more depth about the other morph issues! So I'll just ask it here.

Caramels kinking--how often per snake born? What does kinking do to the snake's health, and when kinking does happen, is it usually dangerous or just unpleasant?

Cinnamons and their head shape--again, how often per snake? Does their deformity ruin their quality of life/how many with the issue are severe or not severe--(Example: It happens very rarely but when it does happen it is usually pretty bad? Or it happens fairly common but usually is not so bad, etc. etc.)

Lesser/Butter BEL eye problems--I have never heard anything about this other than it happens. People who breed BELs, does this happen a lot? I personally love them and have always considered breeding them, but again, the idea of deformities worries me.

Pretty much all of these have the same basic questions, how often, how severe, percentage of the ones that have it that get it severely...etc.

Also maybe some images? I have trouble recognizing kinking and I would like to know what the issue with the eyes looks like on a BEL!


Thanks for your time!