Quote Originally Posted by Crowfingers View Post
Luckily I don't breed so I won't have to make that choice either! I saw some hatchlings recently that had no eyes at all, just scales where they should have been and was wondering about the likelihood of survival. I know my male will rarely strike without witnessing the zombie dance lol
When it comes to breeding snakes (or other reptiles) in captivity, I think we have an obligation to consider what would actually survive in nature...at least
that would be my preference.

Your male isn't alone in needing to witness the "zombie rat dance"- but I do have a hunch that a snake without eyes would just be hungry enough to go by
scent & warmth alone, as it wouldn't know what it was missing as far as vision? (-assuming it was otherwise healthy- defects don't always occur 'alone')