Hey all, this will be my first year breeding Corns. I've just gotten so excited about breeding them as I read all the latest posts. This time last year I saw an advertisement on KS.com and hubby saw the same ad... before we knew it, we'd made a deal to buy a pair of striped corns (anery stripe female, normal stripe male) and trade mice for a kingsnake. Now I have 6 corns, and I plan on breeding two of the females to the one male.
Just thought I would share my plans/expectations, and see if anyone else wants to chime in with their own plans, etc.
Hermes (my male) is a normal striped corn, and while he was good looking a year ago, he's incredibly good looking now, with his vibrant red/orange and yellow stripe. I think I remember the breeder mentioning that it was het for albino, but don't know for sure.
Athena is the other stripe who I purchased at the same time as Hermes. She's an Anery Stripe, and is nearly patternless over most of her body, with a sort of granite like speckling that I consider very attractive. I don't know if she is het for anything, so when I cross her with Hermes, I expect all Normal Striped snakes het for Anery. It would be nice to discover some hidden recessives.
Aphrodite (Bought from Kathy Love at a local reptile show here in AZ) is a normal het for motley. Kathy told me she was from a Miami line of snakes, and whatever her lineage, she's a beautiful snake with a tan-peach ground color, and orange-brown saddles. Since she is het for motley, I expect to have roughly 50% of the clutch be Motley Stripe, and the rest will be het for stripe. I don't know if there are any other characteristics that she might be het for.
In the future (next year) I'll be adding 1.2 more snakes to my corn breeding. I will most likely end up breeding Athena and Aphrodite to the younger male, and the two young females to Hermes:
Zeus is a very large guy, he's a Snow Hurricane (poor) Motley. He's incredibly beautiful and my most aggressive king (he BITES). He is possible het hypo. When I cross him to Aphrodite half the babies will be Motley, the rest het motley, and I will discover if Aphrodite is het anery, or het amel. When I cross him to Athena, I will learn if she is het amel. All the babies should be motley stripe anery at the least, unless she has some hidden recessives.
Cassandra is a Ghost, possible het amel/Motley. When I cross her to Hermes I should get normals het for stripe/anery/hypo
Hera is Anery, possible het hypo, amel, motley. When I cross her to Hermes I should get all normals het anery/stripe.
I am so looking forward to my future adventures in snake breeding!