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Something weird going on here!

Tim Madsen

Tim Madsen

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These are Jewels hatclings after their first shed. About half of the 26 that hatched look like this. She is a normal Amel. as far as I know. I have bred her to a Sunglow that is het Anerythristic. This is her 6th clutch of being paired with a Sunglow het Anery. Out of the approximatly 150 young she has produced from this pairing this is the first time anything that looks like these has come out. Most of them look snow with small amounts of orange. One looks completely snow except it has an orange head. What do you guys think? Now the real problem, which ones to keep, I can't keep them all. IMHO
 
I'd really don't know what to say. But since you said you can't keep them all, I can keep some for you!!!

Very nice clutch size and coloration!!
Love it!!
 
You said that this is her 6th pairing with a Sunglow het aneryth. Is it the SAME male for all 6 pairings? If this is the first time with a new male, that may explain the light, almost snow, appearance.

I have had several amels that appeared almost like snows, but they all got darker after their first shed and several meals. You said that the photo was taken after their first shed, so I really haven't much of a clue to help you. There may have been something different about the incubation of this clutch that interfered with the development of the red color. I know certain fungus on an egg can affect how a corn snake can look. You may also have a "new" variation of amels on your hand. I have a 2000 amel that is much more white than his siblings were, but you can still tell that he is definately an amel.

If you want, and are able, keep the lightest ones and wait to see what happens as they grow older.
 
Tim, I've seen this in snow just lately, but..

only one in a clutch. I haven't watched it grow up yet.
If I were you, I'd keep as many as possible or put them with friends. Never know whats gonna happen with those guys.
 
I showed this picture and a picture of the parents to Don Soderburg and he thinks they will end up looking like either normal amels. or reverse Okeetees, probably normal amels. So it's off to market for them. I will keep a couple of pairs though just incase.
 
I used to have some Amel Okeetees that would produce babies like those many years ago. I held them all back, thinking maybe they were something new, but invariably the normal amelanistic coloration filled in as they got bigger. Never had one that looked any different from the run of the mill Amel Okeetees in a couple of months.

Of course, there is always the possibility of something new......
 
Lol Rich, yes and it's that possibility that causes us all to have SOOOOO many snakes. We hold the "slightly different, odd looking, weirdly patterned, strangely colored" ones back and end up with 2000 snakes before we know it!
 
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