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"Greenheaded Phase"

Rich Z

Rich Z

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Are these lavenders?
Hum....that green kind of looks like poop color (bird poop)......

so we are finally starting to get green in corn snakes~~~ this is amazing!

Great looking 'greenheaded phase'!!!
 
I suspect this one just has some staining on his head. I'll be real surprised if it stays after that first shed. But it did give me quite a start when I first saw it.

Just thought it would make an amusing photo.

Of course, I guess I could start selling "possible hets"..... :rolleyes:
 
Well that's a shame. It would be really be neat if we could get a green corn. I guess that is kind of like the "green" cali king that I saw a while back. Someone had put it in green food color.

I guess I was just hoping that you had finally done it!

Brian Miller
 
Are you kidding...someone put a snake in green food coloring...how did I miss that one. YIKES!!! Some people!
 
Oh yeah! There was a big stink on the BOI about that not too long ago about someone staining ball pythons with gatorade.

Amazing what people will do.......
 
Well, he shed his skin and still had somewhat of a greenish tint to his head. But I had a few thousand other babies hatching out right then and I'm afraid he just got dumped into a bag and shipped off to a wholesaler. I believe that shipment eventually went to Hong Kong or Tokyo.

It just didn't seem to be worthwhile working with.
 
Say Rich... rather than shipping off the unique ones you don't have time/space to work with yourself, why not put them up for sale as individuals? I'm sure there's plenty of people who would be happy to get their hands on your one-of-a-kind critters around here...

It seems a waste to have odd specimins just get shipped off for wholesaling, IMO.

-Kat
 
Rich, did they go to Asia as pets or food?
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You're joking, right?

Baby corn snakes for food? That's a new one......


Kat - I get LOTS of new things hatching out every year. This one was not very high on the totem pole of things of interest to me. I felt pretty certain that it was just discoloration from the vermiculite somehow. Sometimes the paper towel on top of it does get pretty mouldy, so I figured this is what caused that greenish color. I just did not feel that it was anything that would turn out to be of interest.

So yeah, I probably COULD have thought to just post a message here that this animal was for sale, and maybe I could have suckered someone into paying big bucks for it..... But that's just not my style ....
 
that reminds me of a funny story

a good friend and I were attending the Hamburg PA show a few years ago. It's a pretty popular show up in the North East and its the only show in town with venomous. My buddy was looking for an Arizona Blacktail Rattlesnake to ad to his group. They are fairly variable and some have a sort of green hue. Well, low and behold, on a table in the back was the prettiest Arizona Blacktail I have ever laid me eyes on. This thing was as green as they get. We asked the guy to take her into the viewing room(for safety reasons, they have a secure viewing room) He went over this big wild caught, locality story with us as we went over this snake with a fine tooth comb. As much as possible as far as rattlesnakes go anyway. The snake was beautiful. He took it home with him and two days later the damn thing shed a BEAUTIFUL LIME GREEN SKIN!!!!! When I saw it I burst out laughing as did he. He kept it for the laugh! It was truly funny. The bottom line was, the still beautiful blacktail wasnt green but a nice average girl who did very well for him down the line. Thanks. Mike Panichi
 
So yeah, I probably COULD have thought to just post a message here that this animal was for sale, and maybe I could have suckered someone into paying big bucks for it..... But that's just not my style ....
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I wasn't suggesting you try and sucker people into paying extravagant prices... nothing wrong with putting a critter like that up for sale at the standard price for the genes you -know- it carries. I suppose at that point it's more trouble than it's worth, though, huh?

-Kat
 
Mike,

There was a thread on the BOI not too long ago about a guy that was using Gatorade to stain ball pythons a deep red coloration.

The things people will do......
 
carol said:
LOL... Butter Broccoli and Candy Cane Chowmein for dessert. ;)
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dessert?
I thought that Chowmein is suppose to be the maindish~
but I was thinking of the samething...hatchling corns as Chowmein recipies...(kind of like those sliced beef that they put in Chowmein)

LOL
 
Rich Z said:
You're joking, right?

Baby corn snakes for food? That's a new one......
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Rich, I am not joking! I read in Reptiles magazine where they love to eat rat snakes over there. They even drink the blood and eat the liver because it is supposed to be healthy. I was afraid it would be easier to buy them than catch wild rat snakes.

I am very happy to hear they won't be on the menu.
 
Indyshark said:
They even drink the blood and eat the liver because it is supposed to be healthy.
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LOL....I have actually done that before when I was small....it was suppose to be a cure of asthma....hahahah well......didn't really work for me...got my asthma back when I was 15....hahaha oh well......the fun of tradition and culture~
 
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