Hey everyone, so I got a young pastel from a kid who is going to college, she's about 200 grams and was finishing a shed but hadn't shed on her head yet. Didn't think anything of it so I brought her home, let her soak in a warm washcloth and then when she wiggled out of it her shed came off including her eye cap....I went to feed her as he said she hadn't eaten in over a week and she missed the mouse twice. I thought it was odd, but she got it the 3rd time. I went to give her another one and she missed again. I feed F/T so I was wiggling it a little so I thought perhaps I was wiggling it too much...so I held it still and she got it, however she didn't really 'nail it' like my others do, she just kinda took a bite.

I looked closely at her eyes thinking perhaps I was wrong and she still had eye caps and then noticed one eye is smaller than the other. Has anyone ever had a snake with this problem? It seems she is blind in that smaller eye. I called the guy I got her from and he is agreeing to take her back. I feel aweful because I am Miss. "Gotta save everything".....but I really don't want to take on a problem animal right now (I have enough rescues running around my house!) and the only reason I got her was to breed her eventually and as a responsible breeder I don't feel that breeding a snake with a possible genetic defect would be the right thing to do.

But before I take her back tomorrow I thought I'd check with you all. She is a beautiful pastel female...sweet as can be...I know some breeders would probably breed her anyway and hope for the best. I guess I just want to check and see if anyone of you might say 'oh yes a smaller eye is due to ______ when they were young and it's not a genetic problem'.

Perhaps wishful thinking......