Uh oh! Here comes the derma ball debate!

I think in the case of the derma ball, or any other hybrid or morph, if the animal seems to eat, grow, and otherwise live a normal life doing whatever it is snakes do to pass the time, its okay in my book in the hands of a responsible keeper.

Just from poking around on boards and whatnot...it looks like the derma ball is doing just fine. Thats not the first scaleless snake either...there's been rattlesnakes and rat snakes that have shown up scaleless, and live normal lives. If the keeper were to release them to the wild...its the keeper that should go in the freezer, not the animal!