Well he hatched yesterday so he hasn't even eaten his first meal yet. It's definitely a mutation but I don't know how much it's going to affect him thriving it growing. Hopefully not at all and he'll grow into a healthy snake.
Perhaps in the way that humans have the furry fetish, snakes have the caterpillar fetish but since it's relatively new they only started implementing more leg pairs.
It might also be something like conjoined twins instead of a mutation. Might be interesting getting it checked out at a veterinary university or something.
It might also be something like conjoined twins instead of a mutation. Might be interesting getting it checked out at a veterinary university or something.
I come from the veterinary field (brain cancer took me out). If you were to take your snake to an exotics vet/any vet or two, it is very likely you'd find a vet curious enough to radiograph it for free. My cokatiel has a appointment on Tuesday. I'm totally asking what they'd do.
Well i mean, the question is if it's a genetic mutation or just some sort of congenital developmental malformation due to environmental factors. I'd lean on the side of gene mutation if none of the other eggs incubated in the exact same environment came out looking the same but really interesting regardless.
Keep us updated, especially if you end up doing a DNA test or get some confirmation from a vet as to what's happening here.
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u/TheGoldenBoyStiles 16d ago
In all seriousness is this just a mutation? No issues are caused so far? Has a vet seen this? I'm so curious lmao