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Originally Posted by The BoidSmith
You can discard that one upfront. Vitamin A defficiency in animals that eat whole prey is very unlikely.
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Unless there was an issue with their ability to metabolize it.
The thing is though, regardless of the specific mechanism that's causing the deformity, it is definitely found in a greater concentration in the Khal strain albinos than in other lines or the larger population. This pretty directly indicates a genetic cause on some level- be it a direct one related to the formation of the eyes during the incubation or a secondary one where the animals are predisposed towards an underlying problem that just manefests most visibly in the deformities.
It *could* be a vitamin A deficiency, but if it is, then it's a physiological one, not a product of diet or environment.