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RangerJay

RangerJay

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Could someone help me identify which type my new baby corn is? It's still a little feisty from being moved to my house, it rattled and struck when I put him in his new home.
 

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Well it's at least a normal/classic/wild-type, and a VERY attractive one at that. A few more sheds will reveal a lot more about how it will develop. I'd recommend letting the little guy settle in for 5-7 days with NO handling before your first feeding attempt, and then getting to know him a couple days after that!
 
Thanks for the help! I used to own a beautiful cream-sickle corn and I currently care for a natural red corn where I work (which is what pushed me to buy the little guy for myself!) I've never seen such a unique color pattern on a natural.
 
His background is very light, and his borders are VERY thick and dark. I bet that orange really comes in in a couple months!
 
That sounds great! This will be my first venture into keeping such a young snake, so I may be coming back for more tips until I'm in to more familiar ground.
 
Jay if your "red" corn is a MD native I'd love to see pics; I cant remember seeing any MD native corns ever :)
 
Here's a photo of the MD red that we were able to get our hands on. He's on the lighter end of MD natives, typically the saddles are a little darker, but that may change with time. From what I can tell, she's roughly 8-12 months, exactly 2 feet long and one of the calmest snakes I've had the pleasure of caring for.
 

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I noticed you have a photo of an "okeetee" corn snake, which is actually the exact coloration of a common wild corn snake in Maryland.
 
Jay is my new best friend. How can I bribe you to take a few more sometime when you get the time? I'm not above a lil bribery Jay...

Thank you very much in all seriousness. As a MD native to see a MD corn snake for the first time is pretty dern cool :)
 
RangerJay said:
I noticed you have a photo of an "okeetee" corn snake, which is actually the exact coloration of a common wild corn snake in Maryland.
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that one?
 
I saw this picture on your profile. I'm new to the world of hybrids/morphs, but it seems like this "okeetee" is a slightly darker version of the corn snakes that can be found in Maryland.
 

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I'd really appreciate the time. I grew up in Harford County on the water, as far as I know corns were traditionally in the southern counties east to the Delmarva area.

Made my night man :)
 
Okay, thanks for the insight into your "okeetee's." Red Corns are most common in Southern Maryland (Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's), with plenty to be found on the Eastern Shore/Delmarva area like you said. I wouldn't be surprised if a few had been spotted in Harford, but they're probably few and far between.
 
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Could someone help me identify which type my new baby corn is? It's still a little feisty from being moved to my house, it rattled and struck when I put him in his new home.
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Definitely a nice looking normal phenotype, and it will change DRASTICALLY as it matures. You won't even recognize the snake at all when you compare it's hatchling photo to when it is more mature.


cheers, ~Doug
 
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Will the orange take over and turn into a natural looking corn?
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Oh yes, it will definitely gain lots more red, and/or orange, and any combination thereof. And even some yellows too around the face and throat too, and this can vary quite a bit in it's intensity and contrast, but without knowing what the two parents looked like to get a better idea, it's simply impossible to know to what extent. It will definitely be nice looking though. I'm sure of that.

Even with seeing the parental lineage, there can be plenty of individual variation within the siblings too.

Heck, lake just this one normal hatchling for example that I produced.

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Same exact snake less than a year later..LOL!

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Wow! What a difference! I was kind of hoping for a unique color, my first ever pet snake was a cream-sickle corn, but I also happen to love the natural colors too! When this little guy, whom I've decided to name "Yogi," grows up he'll play a great role in teaching youngsters about snakes.
 
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