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MilkSnake Phase

jrobinson

jrobinson

J&M Herp Shack
Does anyone know the history of this phase, how it was accomplished, how easy it is to recreate, what does it take, and when it was found... thank you in advance, i have just got my first snake, and it is a milksnake phase, and just want to know everything i can about her... oh, and is this phase labeled as more aggressive then others... as mine is very snappy...
 
Rich Z started this morph by breeding Miamis with fewer, larger, wider blotches/saddles - so they'd resemble a milk snake. It's one of my favorite morphs. Unfortunately Rich does't breed them any more (or at least he doesn't label them as Milk Snake Phase any longer - unless they are Amel), but luckily there are people who continue to produce them. Carol for one, and i'm sure she can answer your questions in more detail if she sees your post. Or maybe Rich himself?

None of mine are aggressive, although one has developed a huge feeding response!
 
jrobinson said:
so really it is just a miami then?... cool!!! any other tips?
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Miami is the selectively bred variation that banded patterns (milk snake phase) started in, yes. Now you can find a banded anything for the most part. There are Banded amels, anerys, okeetees, etc etc. Its just a selectively bred pattern trait, and can occur in any color mutation morph.

The problem with milk snake phase and miami phase is that they are both selectively bred traits, which means they are not a genetic color mutation. Breeding selectively bred morphs, you take two snakes with the most desired appearance (in this case bands) and in breeding them, you just kind of hope for the best. The pattern trait will most likely be carried on through the offsping, but unlike a genetic morph, it is not garunteed. You may or may not get the appearance you want. the same is true with the miami phase. Technically, it is a normal corn snake (no genetic color mutations) that has been selectively bred to have a very light background color. The same is true for Okeetee Phase (Actual Okeetees originated from a specific locality line, so there is an Okeetee and an Okeetee Phase. An Okeetee phase has the look, but not the locality bloodline). Snakes cannot be het for banded, miami, or okeetee.
 
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