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A four year olds quest for a pink snake!

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standinfaith

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My wife and I keep and breed a small amount of ball python morphs. Naturally our children are extremely interested in the animals with which we spend so much time. My daughter approached me the other day in the matter of fact way only a daughter can and informed me of her need for "her own" "pink" snake. I have never kept anything but ball pythons, but called a friend of mine to see what he thought. He opened my eyes to the world of corn snakes. I found there are just as many if not more corn morphs than ball morphs. We have not purchased a single corn snake yet, but each member of the family has done research in their own way. We have 4 Vision cubes ready for when we make our purchases.

Personally, I am very interested in the morphs, but I am still learning all the names and genetics. If anyone can recommend some reading material, it would be greatly appreciated.
 
I'll have a clutch of neon salmon snows later this year. They just began breeding, so that would give you a time frame!!
I would recommend the corn snake morph guide, unfortunately it is only available online... And I do not have the link. I would also pick up Kathy Love's book.
 
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def. salmon, neons and coral snows will give the brightest pinks
here is my salmon snow, Aerosmith. There are other morphs that give varying degrees of pink and purple as well. Welcome to the group :)
 

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My daughter is seven and got her "pink" snake when she was four years old. She has kept it in her room for the last 3 yesrs and is very responsible. In the beginning she would let is know when she needed water and would always get help handling. Now she does a lot herself. This spring she got tagged for the first time but I explained to her they get more active in the spring and she was very mature about it. We're breeding our first pair right now and the kids are learning a ton. We have 6 corns total.

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Nice. My daughter has been tagged a few times by baby ball pythons. One even broke the skin. It doesn't seem to phase her at all. Now, if the dog knocks her cup over with his tail, the world is coming to an end. We are going to try to find something for her at the local reptile show at the end of the month. If we don't find anything she likes there, we will order something from one of the members of this site. Thanks for all the help. This is one of the friendliest reptile sites I have seen.
 
My four year old wants a pink corn snake too! She is still getting used to my corns as I got my first a couple months ago. She is not ready for her own yet, she won't pick one up and gets nervous if I don't have a hand on the snake, so I'm thinking maybe when she's five or six. :)
 
That's kinda how my son was a few years ago. He is seven now. My daughterl jumped in with both feet, but they have to be a "pretty" snake (killer bee or albino pied are her favorite) or she wants nothing to do with it.
 
You might also look into peppermints. Their price is coming down so it might be worth it. They're exceptionally pretty snakes.
 
Terri, those are simply gorgeous. And they're still babies, so I'm sure they will get even pinker!
 
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