Recent content by vanderkm

Thought I would post a few pics of some of the holdbacks from this year's breedings - overall I am quite pleased with the results - but will have to give some of these guys a bit more time to develop color before making final decisions. Some creamsicles - variation from nice oranges to more...

I was fortunate enough that Paul (bighill reptiles) thought I might be interested in an amel emoryi and he had her delivered to the Red Deer show last week. I have been tempted by the amel emoryi in the past but am still undecided about whether to introduce them into my creamsicle projects -...

I paired my best classic creamsicle male - I think he is quite emoryi in his look - with a ghost het amel corn this year - partly to contribute to my cinnamon project and partly to establish whether he carried any of the common corn genes. A male that was supposed to be his brother proved het...

Got a real suprise when the eggs from this girl hatched - she was purchased as a butter - but she had been through several owners so no guarantees - to this caramel male who had proven het amel from a previous clutch and got a nice clutch of 15 eggs - was expecting my first caramels and...

I bred a big creamsicle male to my hypoA female this year as a first step to produce some cinnamons (hypoA version of an emoryi/corn) and hoped that the hypo would be het amel. Turned out the creamsicle is het hypoA and my cinnamon project got a big leap forward - these little guys were...

Have shown pics of this girl before - but she is still one of our favorites - will be 6 years old this year belly shot - gives some idea of her size - big girl with her creamsicle mate and the clutch with an amel corn that was a week older baby from that group now thanks for...

Thought I would show off a few of our creamsicle corns - our largest male - 5 feet - produced by Third Eye Herpetological - his brother - catching some rays a het caramel '04 female het caramel '04 male het striped '04 male (a couple days away from shedding in this pic) thanks...

I have heard suggestions that the emoryi influence produces a distintive belly pattern in creamsicles and other crosses - clear in the central area with just the edge of the checkers along the sides of the belly. I find it a bit hard to notice in my creamsicles because the belly checkers are...

We bred our cream male to a pure great plains ratsnake this season to introduce an outside line. The eggs were huge compared to corn eggs (3X the size) and they hatched last weekend - very large babies. Thought I would post a few pics of these rootbeers with a creamsicle (1 month old) for...

Thought I would share a few ideas that we have found useful in setting up hatchling corns. We have only a few clutches so have time to mess with individual tubs and records (and yes - we are completely obsessive - so keep that in mind). This year we are using an extra 75 gallon aquarium as a...

Some confusion over whether the wild color type of great plains ratsnake is anerythristic or not. I thought they behaved genetically like a normal corn but their appearance just didn't have the intensity of red/orange/yellow that appears in anery corns. Anyone know for sure? Also, these...

Wondering if anyone will offer an opinion on the sex of this corn based on these photos. This is a 2.5 year old butter corn. It is going to be probed before the end of the month, but just wanted to get an opinion in advance. thanks, mary v.