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hypo with ruby eyes?

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fluffyboa

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hi,

firstly thanks for all the feedback on my last post.
I have just had the first hatchling from a different clutch of eggs. The parents were father hypo, mother coppersicle (this is a name given to her as she was an amel snake, the product of a copper corn with a creamsicle).
At first inspection, and still i think, the hatchling is hypo. But, its eyes are a ruby red colour.

Im a bit confused by this, and any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
 

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I have a hypo that looks similar. By himself, he appears to have red eyes... when compared to an amel, his eyes are much darker and more orangish. My guess is that some forms of hypomelanism also reduce the coloration in the eye (but not eliminate it), giving some a ruby-eyed look.

-Kat
 
another hatchling

ive had 5 hatch so far, a couple look hypo, a couple normal looking, and this beauty !!
 

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very nice looks like creamcickle looking,but where the rest of the pic's including the normal type ...come on dont keep us in suspence lol:D :D :D
 
Hmm... no offense meant here, but what exactly is a "copper" corn?

(I probably shouldn't have asked, because I'm 99 and 44/100ths percent sure I won't like the answer. ;))
 
a copper corn over here in the UK seems to be a line of normals that tend to have a more `copper' looking colour to them.
 
wow m8 got some nive ones there have you got pics of the rest of the hatchlings . pic of the parents be nice
 
hehe, that was my guess. Does it look anything like this? :)
http://serpwidgets.com/cornsnakes/Collection/Brutus/brutus.html

I've heard of "ruby-eyed" hypos before. You might check this page: http://swreptile.com/hypo.html

Grain of salt: I've heard "ultra hypo" from several different sources, and have NO clue if any of them are even suspected to be related. I haven't ever heard of any line of "ultra hypo" being proven as anything heritable or how/why it is different from "standard" hypo, so I would suggest emailing the site's owner regarding the ruby-eyed thing. (And if you DO find any information, I'd love to hear about it.) :)

I would think if you hatched hypos in the same clutch as normals you'd have to be blind to miss them. ;) (At least based on the 4 or 5 hypos I've ever hatched, so take that for what it's worth) So I assume you have hatched other hypos in the clutch, too?

Whatever happens, definitely let us know what you find. :D
 
hi serp
i dont think the 2nd or third look like any of the ones in the links that you gave,

what do you think the pic of fluffyboa are ?
 
i have seen what they class as copper corn over here ,and bascilly its alight kind of colour normal,with a light golden/copper look about it , iam not sure if its been proven or just a few that have turned up if you know what i mean
 
NICE

Those are nice looking. I would love to see a better shot of that cream looking one and if you get a chance, a group shot would be cool!:)
And corncrazy, thanks for posting that, I was reading the this post and wondering the same thing, then saw you had posted it.
 
pipatic said:
hi serp
i dont think the 2nd or third look like any of the ones in the links that you gave,

what do you think the pic of fluffyboa are ?
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Ya, I was talking about the "copper" element in there. I'm wondering what type of influence it may or may not have contributed. Also, remember that fluffyboas hatchlings have some emoryi blood in them, so they might not look like standard normals or hypos to begin with.

I agree with fluffyboa: it looks like a hypo to me, too.

I would definitely recommend asking someone who has hatched plenty of ruby-eyed hypos. See if you can get in touch with Jim, who runs the site I linked to above. Maybe he can shed more light on this. (I dunno if this is something that tags along and pops up in some hypos, or if it's something that he always gets in certain type of hypos or what.)

The other one appears to be an amel, creamsicle since it has emoryi blood. Looks like the coppersicle is het hypo and the hypo is het amel. (hehe duh, right?)
 
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