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Breeding For Pearl

mcifaldi

mcifaldi

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What do you cross to get pearls? im buying the morph book just like to know before i get it Thanks.
 
If I'm not mistaken, Pearl is another name for the Opal corns. If so, then they are homozygous for both Lavender and Amel.
 
Pearl is also a trade name for a specific hybrid, I believe leucistic black rats and corn snakes. So I'm not sure which direction you're going in trying to make Pearl cornsnakes.
 
That's an opal. They usually don't turn out that white, they're more on the pink/peach side. (If you click the link in my signature it leads to pics of my Opal to get an idea.) If you want to go in the solid white direction, you might have more luck with blizzards, which are charcoal and amel. They can sometimes grow a little bit of yellow, but they'll end up much more white than the Opals.
 
Topazfyre said:
That's an opal. They usually don't turn out that white, they're more on the pink/peach side. (If you click the link in my signature it leads to pics of my Opal to get an idea.) If you want to go in the solid white direction, you might have more luck with blizzards, which are charcoal and amel. They can sometimes grow a little bit of yellow, but they'll end up much more white than the Opals.
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You sure do have a nice looking animal there! Opal's Bill and Kathy called theres a pearl, But thats just a name, But back to the crossing so charcoal and amel will get me Blizzards boy it could be a few years before Id get the All white one like I want lol. Thanks for all the help
 
I think the snake you might be referring to is an old term for what is now better known as a snopal (anery + amel + lavender). At least, from what I remember of what I memorized from that book...;) There aren't too many out there, but I've seen some pictures on these forums...they're totally stunning, and the same picture in the corn snake bible inspired me to work towards them ;)

@ dionythicus: I believe you're right, but for some reason, I seem to recall it being a leucistic Texas rat snake specifically though (different subspecies, if I am remembering correctly, lol) Either way, I can't locate the original place I saw this mentioned...any light shed on this would be most appreciated :)
 
I have a pearl (snopal) female and a possible het anery male opal so hopefully in a couple yrs I will be producing more snopals. If you can't find a snopal then get a blizzard, they are common.
 
waldo said:
I have a pearl (snopal) female and a possible het anery male opal so hopefully in a couple yrs I will be producing more snopals. If you can't find a snopal then get a blizzard, they are common.
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I have a 1.1 pair of blizzards but I have seen them as adults and they just not as white to me as the opals/pearls.
 
the bliz's do still have some yellow, though less colorful than the snows I think...
could always go for striped blizzards? Not sure you can get much whiter than that!
 
Have striped blizzards even been produced yet?? In any case, that would be a great goal to work toward!!!! I'd love to see those.
 
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