clarification..?

[Filovirus]

i was sold a 6 month old ghost corn.... i looked in books and thought it looked mor charcoal... i wrote to a guy in scotland and he said it was a type B anerythristic....

i understand anerythristic (no red pigment) and he told me it's type b 'cos Kellogg has a yellow shade under his chin...

so what is he....?? is nery a larger classification meaning no red and he can still be a ghost....

looking for some infomation cos he's starting to develop personality disorders...

oh yeah.. and some of his saddles are broken and disjointed.. does this make him motely too..???


Bob

 

[bmm]

hi

His saddles being broken or not joined is not motley. Motley is where they actually have circles......

I don't know why he said because your snake has yellow its an Anery B, because from everything I have read, Anery A is the "normal" anery that normally develops some yellow and Anery B is the one that normally develops little to no yellow.

 

[Clint Boyer]

You can not tell by looks alone.......

Without knowing the exact genetics that the snake came from, you can't make the call for sure one way or the other.
A Ghost is normally a hypomelanistic AND anery type 'A'(two separate genes). I would stick with what it was bought as.
Yellow is normally associated with anery type 'A' but it has also appeared in anery type 'B'.
What type of disorders are we talking about? I don't think knowing it's genetic history would help you much there anyway.
Motley is a simple recessive gene and the slightly broken pattern is not part of that gene. Motleys are easy to distinguish by their lack of ventral checkering. BUT, not all lack of ventral pattern means the snake is Motley.

 

[Filovirus]

his disordes stem from not knowing his place in the world... and possibly not knowing his sex yet either..

actualy he's incredibly good natured, ok being handled and vey curious..

 

[Iris]

So he doesn't have any disorders?

 

[Filovirus]

no.. it's my humor... sorry.. kinda mised a few of you there.. !!

 

[Iris]

Oh...I see
I feel really smart now...
I tend to miss even the most obvious jokes
I think it's an inherited trait. My father's side

 

[pipatic]

hi ya bob

do have a better pic of your charcaol

 

[limey]

would'nt have though it was type b - (less it is ghost) as you can see the yellowing in the pattern down the side of the snake but then if it was ghost and type b i thikn it might just show up as yellowing down the sides (I think i read somewhere that the type b and hypomelanism bring out the yellow in some snakes)

 

[13mur 6]

Actually, there are two types of ghosts, one its a hypo Anery A, and one is a hypo Anery B. A type ghosts seem to have more yellow to them, and B type ghosts seem purplish, but all in all, they're hard to tell apart. But I can tell you that if you breed any type of anery to a hypo, you'll can get a ghost.

Also, motley means the snake has no belly markings. So if your snake has a clean solid belly with no black checkerings, then it's a motley. Circling has nothing to do with motley (though it's a side effect caused by the motley gene) striping is also caused by motley.

As and example Snows are amel + anery A, and for comparison Blizzard is amel + anery B.

Bob, your snake looks Anery B, there's no subduing of black that I can see in your snake. Other than the "frosting" in your snake's saddles (which can be caused by other genes), there's nothing that points to ghost. Next time your snake sheds, take a look at her shed skin, if you can see any sort of pattern on the shed, it's not a ghost, ghosts have patternless sheds.

-13mur 6

 

[Susan]

Your snake definately seems too dark to be a ghost, but as to whether it is an aneryth A or aneryth B, it can sometimes be very hard to tell without knowing the exact genetics or doing breeding trials. To give you an example of a ghost to compair your snake to, I've attached a pic of my darkest, least pink ghost. And there are darker ghosts out there, just none in my collection.