This is Mona

This is the little beauty that my son bought me for Christmas. I think she's what is called anery but I'm not positive. The pics aren't fabulous but this was right after I got her and in the don't handle phase.

cute - she do not look like a pure corn from head and pattern - maybe you can take new pictures from the head later
thank you and congrats to this beauty

What you have appears to be a gray rat snake!

Wait, so my son went to the pet shop, picked out a corn snake but they actually sold him a rat snake? I'm so confused. On the papers from the shop it states corn snake but you are saying it's not.

That is correct. I once bought a corn from a pet store that was labeled as a garter snake. The workers at pet stores generally don't actually know morphs or much about the different types of rat snakes (corns are a type of rat snake, too.)

Take no fear. A Corn snake and rat snake are in the same family. A corn snake used to be called "Red Rat Snake" before the term corn snake came about. And I still think you might have a Corn snake, there are so many morphs and colors now it's hard to tell. An anery corn snake would in fact look similar to a grey rat snake. But even if it is a grey rat snake, you still have a great snake, and they too make wonderful pets.

I really love my little noodle and want to be part of this community here but if she is a rat and not a corn then am I still allowed here? I'm also wondering if she will get a lot bigger than a corn if she is indeed a rat *sigh*. It upsets me that the pet store did this also.

if the store told you it was a corn, and you paid for a corn, it's a corn. Just because a few people look at some pictures and then tell you "It looks like a grey rat snake" does not make it one.

I have looked at a ton of pics of the grey rat snakes and they don't have that yellow on them like Mona but I'm a total beginner. All the anery corns that I have looked at look similar to Mona but again who knows lol. I don't love her any less regardless of what she is but perhaps I may be needing a larger tank down the line instead of a 20 gal long. I guess I will just have to wait and see. I just don't want to have to leave this community.

I love reading about corns, seeing all the wonderful pics, all the wonderful stories etc. I guess a mod or admin will let me know if it's still okay to post progress pics . Thanks for the encouragement Karl.

Nina - without a picture its hard because no one can see the yellow that you are talking about... pet shop is known for that, they sell animals and pets that they don't know a lot about... and why ? they don't care - for them the only important thing is to sell !

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Karl - thats not right - I don't agree with you.
She wanted a cornsnake, but this is - when you look at the pictures not a corn, and I'm not alone with this thinking BUT a animal is a animal, and a pet is a pet and no matter what this beauty is, she deserve to stay and love by you Nina...
Stay here in this forum - rat's are in the same family like corn's