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my new baby :)

bc2poo

bc2poo

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my very first corn snake...
does he have the motley pattern or am i crazy?

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thanks for looking,
maddie
 
Very pretty snow! He would be considered motley if he has a pure white belly (no checkers)...from your pic I think your baby is normally patterned. Welcome!
 
Just a newbie-ish question

Gralena said:
Very pretty snow! He would be considered motley if he has a pure white belly (no checkers)...from your pic I think your baby is normally patterned. Welcome!
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So the motley dorsal pattern genetics are directly (which is to say, inversely) related to the ventral checkered pattern? I won't mind if you go into very simplistic detail, if you have the time. Thanks.
 
So pretty! Don't forget to give him a while to settle in- a week is customary. He needs peace and quiet to adjust to his new home. Then feed, then don't handle for 48 hours, then you can handle him!
 
oh ok, so i shouldnt feed him tomorrow? wait til next weekend?
and no handling..got it :)
thanks :)
 
You above all want to ensure a successful first feeding. Some snakes can associate the stress of moving with feeding. It won't hurt him to get hungry. You will read here of many people bringing a snake right home and feeding it. That's fine for experienced keepers who know how to handle a refusal. Probably many first-time keepers luck out, too. But I can tell you that when my 21st snake arrives Tuesday, I will be following the safe route, because I think an unstressed, well-adjusted, feeding snake is more important than rushing into things.
 
vetusvates said:
So the motley dorsal pattern genetics are directly (which is to say, inversely) related to the ventral checkered pattern? I won't mind if you go into very simplistic detail, if you have the time. Thanks.
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Motley patterned snakes always have an uncheckered belly. Same with stripe. A clear belly is also associated with the diffused gene.

Rich Z. hatched out some plain-bellied lavs with normal saddles, he doesn't know why that happened, and they have been recently sold. I wonder who got them. I sort of wish it had been me.
 
Thank you very much

Nanci said:
Motley patterned snakes always have an uncheckered belly. Same with stripe. A clear belly is also associated with the diffused gene.

Rich Z. hatched out some plain-bellied lavs with normal saddles, he doesn't know why that happened, and they have been recently sold. I wonder who got them. I sort of wish it had been me.
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Thank you very much. Almost makes me wonder if checkered-belly is a gene.
 
I love snows... A snow was also the first snake I got, and the first and only one to escape (permanentely). I now have three more snows, because they are one of my favorite morphs. :) BTW listen to Nanci's advice she knows a lot...
 
Nanci said:
You above all want to ensure a successful first feeding. Some snakes can associate the stress of moving with feeding. It won't hurt him to get hungry. You will read here of many people bringing a snake right home and feeding it. That's fine for experienced keepers who know how to handle a refusal. Probably many first-time keepers luck out, too. But I can tell you that when my 21st snake arrives Tuesday, I will be following the safe route, because I think an unstressed, well-adjusted, feeding snake is more important than rushing into things.
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the petsmart lady said that their feeding schedule was every sunday... so i'm assuming that by next weekend he'll be very hungry...how do i know how many pinkies to give him? i got a pack that has 6, should i just thaw 2 or 3? can i re-freeze them?


thanks everyone for the advice and information,
maddie :)
 
bc2poo said:
the petsmart lady said that their feeding schedule was every sunday... so i'm assuming that by next weekend he'll be very hungry...how do i know how many pinkies to give him? i got a pack that has 6, should i just thaw 2 or 3? can i re-freeze them?


thanks everyone for the advice and information,
maddie :)
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A baby corn only needs one pinkie... I keep my babies on one pinkie for quite a while before puttinig them on two... Check out the Munson's Plan to give you a feeding schedule idea.
 
The pattern on cornsnakes necks sometimes look motleyish, so I can see why you would think that. Its a pretty normal snow though :)
 
Right, start with one pink. The only time they need two is right before they move up to fuzzies. Many people feed babies every five days.
 
I agree

Nanci said:
Right, start with one pink. The only time they need two is right before they move up to fuzzies. Many people feed babies every five days.
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Yes, Nanci knows best. The local PetCo where I buy pinkies feeds on Thursdays. But my baby corn's start lining up and looking at me longingly on about day five.
 
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