i have a friend ( breederguy) who had a pastel born blind and out side of that the snake is beautiful and quite healthy he been bit one because he just reached in with warning the snake ( by touching i first) but he said it was his fault.. IF you get the snake I would make shore to be very careful when handling it cause it wil be more jumpy and defensive so I touch it lightly before I just grabbingi t out of thetank..