I went the mojo/lesser route to avoid any potential for "bug eyes." I don't believe they have any real effect on the animal's health, I just don't really like the way they look.
My favorite holdback from last year is named Crossed-Eyed Mary, because she is, indeed, a little bit cross-eyed. However, it's actually become less noticeable as she's grown bigger.
They do have a very faint yellow dorsal stripe that I think you may be able to appreciate in this photo of Mary. (You can also kind of see her cross-eye ... It's on her left [your right]).
Here was the 2011 group as babies (minus one who hadn't come out yet)
One from this year (same pairing). I don't think it came out in this pic, but I did notice some very very faint pattern on the heads of the babies this year that I don't quite recall seeing when they hatched last year. I think there is some variability in the amount of pattern that shows through.
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