Where are the RED amels?

Many years ago I had a pair of deep red amels. But now I can't find anything even close to those. Every amel I see is orange. What happened to red corn snakes? As common as red amel use to be I never thought this would be a problem, but I cant find true red amels anywhere. What's the deal?

Find some from "red factor" lines...

I'm really looking for polygenic red lines. I'm not a fan of red factor/red coat (except when added to snow.)

Amel het peppermint (cinder) which Carol (LBR) produces are very red-red. Also take a look at amel bloodreds. And I agree, the old-fashioned early 1980's 'candycanes' were very red.

It would seem that polygenic line breeding would be a good way to develop a line of true red amels.

Strawberry amels are also worth looking at.

Originally Posted by dave partington

the old-fashioned early 1980's 'candycanes' were very red.

Yep! Wish I would have kept some of those I miss the Love line deep red RO's too.
With all the emphasis on just seeing how many morph genes we can combine into one animal I think we have lost some of what made corn snakes attractive in the first place.

Don at SMR has a nice red line he call Sunrise corns:

This girl makes nice red babies...




Now owned by Rich333

I'm not sure which type amel you like. But these one produce some nice red babies. Two of these are available. Considering that these ladies are het caramel they have some nice red.

Originally Posted by dave partington

Amel het peppermint (cinder) which Carol (LBR) produces are very red-red. Also take a look at amel bloodreds. And I agree, the old-fashioned early 1980's 'candycanes' were very red.

It would seem that polygenic line breeding would be a good way to develop a line of true red amels.

Strawberry amels are also worth looking at.

Cinder certainly brings some nice reds into amels.



Candycane

That candycane above is hands down the most gorgeous candycane I've ever seen, I stared at it for far too long. Now that is a cornsnake!