Well, I’m not a wealthy person, so I’d like to wait until I think their development is complete, so I can select the most representative one to evaluate. There are also questions of who’s qualified to examine and evaluate, and for what. If I have to send one away, which is the rough plan I have with a friend at this point, there are even more things to consider.
So far they are as healthy as could be hoped for. They’ve been raised exactly the same way their non-bantam clutchmate have. No concessions or accommodations.
Thanks for the response! I totally understand how costly these things can be, and I certainly did not mean to come across as pushy or demanding on that end, just curious
Well, I’m genuinely interested to see if there are obvious skeletal or organ placement differences. But it’s not like I’m an expert in corn snake internal physiology myself, so I’m not qualified to assess. Most vets I’ve encountered would not be qualified to assess either, as they generally have very little knowledge of the species.
There’s been nothing in the nearly eleven months they’ve been developing that has caused me the least concern, so I’ve felt no particular pressure to find someone to evaluate them. I’m pretty qualified in the general, non-medical sense. I’m very familiar with all aspects of corns.
I also have questions that should be answered in the sibling clutch that’s incubating now. The biggest one would be: are there more, supporting the idea that it’s a heritable trait and not some sort of egg stress environmental factor? Because if I get no more, then I’ll be far less curious about their physiology. They’ll basically be like a paradox—a one-off (or 9-off!) aberration.
Yup, my girl is doing well. I wanted to do a comparison shot with her and another, but she’s the only one I have in her weight range. She’s 52 grams today. Her stockiness is more subtle in photos, but she definitely feels different in hand.
Took her outside for a few minutes today. It’s really hot out, so I didn’t want to cook her!
There are definitely Bantams in the new clutch, but they’re just starting to shed, so I haven’t really studied them. In the meantime, these two are just about to turn 1yo. Extreme Bantam Sunkissed male and Very-High Expression Bantam Caramel Cinder female.
Early on people wondered if they had short tails. It’s easier to see now that they don’t. That SK has a very typical male tail. And he’s by far the most extreme of them.
