Can You I.D.?...

(That was not making fun of your snake, that was mocking your vet).

Wooooow. Were they really a reptile specialist? Like, certified? D: From that conversation it looks like I know more about snakes than they do... which is sad.

Nanci, I know you weren't making fun of Evie.

VickyChaiTea, it was bad (IMHO) that I had learned much already from this AWESOME forum, and then I had to listen to some kind of babble from a "specialist". Granted, he's not a 'Corn Snake' expert, but I certainly would have appreciated some distinct and precise answers (for the most part). I didn't enjoy watching Evie get fat extracted on the theory of "edema", but I promise...no matter how long it takes, I'll find a more convincing person practicing herpetological medicine.

Bottom line is, I don't care what Evie is...boy, girl, fat, skinny, young, old...she has a forever home with us. It's just kind of nice to try figuring out her bloodline, so to speak.

Id also say shes a normal with maybe some miami background.... heres a website to help you with morphs.

http://iansvivarium.com/cornsnakemor...ornmorphs.html

Originally Posted by Kuzco

Id also say shes a normal with maybe some miami background.... heres a website to help you with morphs.

http://iansvivarium.com/cornsnakemor...ornmorphs.html

Thanks for your input!

Nanci, that was classic. I love your joke about the vet...lol...

On the corn, just feed her a mouse every couple of weeks, Gypsy was on her way to being large in the hips when I got her and since then I have changed her food around from eating a rat weanling a week or so to a large mouse every two weeks. Mice have less fat from what I have read and are better for the snake anyway.

Also, she looks like a classic corn to me. She is beautiful, alot like some Wild Caught ones I have seen pictures of.

I slapped together some pictures in order to help you understand hets. This is how I see it:

Thank you for putting all that effort into such a brilliant chart...wow! I'm going to study it.

Originally Posted by Outcast

On the corn, just feed her a mouse every couple of weeks, Gypsy was on her way to being large in the hips when I got her and since then I have changed her food around from eating a rat weanling a week or so to a large mouse every two weeks. Mice have less fat from what I have read and are better for the snake anyway. Also, she looks like a classic corn to me. She is beautiful, alot like some Wild Caught ones I have seen pictures of.

WOW! So you had almost the same situation. How old was Gypsy when you got her?
It's bugs me that there are so many fatties out there (for health reasons). Animals in the wild live 'on the edge' (I realize that we're talking mostly captive bred). We've been exercising her every day (sometimes twice). Thanks for your input.

Take a look at Meg's comment in the Large Snakes thread. And do you know how to do the Cornsnake Treadmill?