Chubby Blizzard

[Dustilyn]

A friend gifted me with a three year old corn snake who was supposed to be an unsexed blizzard on the chunky side. I quickly suspected that she is actually a snow and that she is gravid. I would love for someone to tell me I am wrong on both counts! What do ya think?

 

[Dustilyn]

Bump. Anyone? I would really like confirmation that she is a snow, not a blizzard. Thanks.

 

[pridecity]

I'm voting for snow. I think blizzards don't have as much of a pattern, but I've never had an adult to compare to.

 

[Dustilyn]

Thanks Halley. That's what I thought too. I'm feeling invisible here....that or no one wants to see a pic of a chubby blizzard. LOL

I've been looking for slugs for you, but none so far. It figures that once I want to find some there aren't any. They must know what we're up to and have found a good hiding place.

 

[Darcpixie]

Looks like a snow to me. Is there any yellow starting under the chin?

My large male corns sometimes get that shape, so it MAY not be gravid, but I never really want to say for sure until we know if they have hemipenes.

He/She is very pretty!

 

[Draekaar]

there's a great thread i think in the breeding section of the forum that tells you how to figure out if your corn is gravid. one great and easy way to check is rub the belly gently on the lower half and see if you feel any bumps, those would mean eggs

 

[Draekaar]

there's a great thread i think in the breeding section of the forum that tells you how to figure out if your corn is gravid. one great and easy way to check is rub the belly gently on the lower half and see if you feel any bumps, those would mean eggs

Oh and yes I think it's a snow too

 

[Christen]

I am think probably a snow but you won't know for sure with out tests breeding. As far as being gravid it does kind of look like it. Take a soft thin cloth and let the snake slither through your fingers as you put light pressure on the belly. If it is gravid you will feel the "line of pearls". I usually hold the snake as normal and put my thumb holding the belly side and the weight of the snake gives enough pressure.

 

[zorro]

Sorry didn't mean to leave you hanging, it looks like a snow to me but I have produced blizzards with that much pattern. It kind of looks like a female but a little hard to tell with the pics. Great pickup though, I know you will get her into shape if it is just overwieght.
John

 

[zorro]

Just put that RO male in with her to see what his interest is.
John

 

[Dreamsnake]

I think snow. I have a snow and that morph's colors are very hard to capture, but not as subtle as a blizzard. How often was he or she fed? I do not have a corn that old, but I think one adult mouse every two weeks is the norm.

 

[Dustilyn]

Thanks for the replies! I feel better now

Supposedly she was fed two adult mice every other week. That could definitely make her fat. She does probe female and I can feel the egg bumps on her underside though. Her heaviness is definitely in the lower body. They told me she last shed about a month ago. I have a lay box with her just in case and she is burrowed down in the moss.

If she is gravid I guess I could incubate some of the eggs to test her genetics. If the dad really is a blizzard and she is a snow I should theoretically get all amels, right? And if they are both blizzards I should get all blizzards? I'm a little confused on anery type A and B. If the babies got type A from mom and type B from dad would they be amel het anery and charcoal?

 

[Dustilyn]

Good idea! I want to watch her in QT for awhile to make sure she doesn't have anything icky going on though. Poor boy never did get any action this year

Just put that RO male in with her to see what his interest is.
John

 

[zorro]

Thanks for the replies! I feel better now

Supposedly she was fed two adult mice every other week. That could definitely make her fat. She does probe female and I can feel the egg bumps on her underside though. Her heaviness is definitely in the lower body. They told me she last shed about a month ago. I have a lay box with her just in case and she is burrowed down in the moss.

If she is gravid I guess I could incubate some of the eggs to test her genetics. If the dad really is a blizzard and she is a snow I should theoretically get all amels, right? And if they are both blizzards I should get all blizzards? I'm a little confused on anery type A and B. If the babies got type A from mom and type B from dad would they be amel het anery and charcoal?

I hate to through a monkey wrench in your genetics but if the snow is het charcoal or the blizzard is het anery you won't get all amels. But a clutch should prove somethings out.
John

 

[Nanci]

Bump. Anyone? I would really like confirmation that she is a snow, not a blizzard. Thanks.

You would get more people looking at a thread like this if you titled it something like:

Snow or Blizzard? Help ID!

or

Chubby or Gravid? How Can I Tell?

If the title just says "Chubby Blizzard" people already think they know what is in here so don't need to look unless they have a thing for chubby blizzards!!

 

[Dustilyn]

Who would have thought chubby blizzards where so unpopular. LOL! But, alas, I can't edit I'll know better for next time. Thanks!

You would get more people looking at a thread like this if you titled it something like:

Snow or Blizzard? Help ID!

or

Chubby or Gravid? How Can I Tell?

If the title just says "Chubby Blizzard" people already think they know what is in here so don't need to look unless they have a thing for chubby blizzards!!

 

[Dustilyn]

I hate to through a monkey wrench in your genetics but if the snow is het charcoal or the blizzard is het anery you won't get all amels. But a clutch should prove somethings out.
John

Oh geez. That would really confuse things. This could be fun.

 

[gelshark]

Too bad you couldn't give some of that pudge to that little lavender.

 

[Dustilyn]

Too bad you couldn't give some of that pudge to that little lavender.

Oh for sure! She could sure use it, but she's getting better.