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Mystery noodle!

SissyT213 said:
I'm not so sure, like you said, wraiths are practically white and from what I can tell with that one, it looks identical to my diffused moonstone male. He is very light in color as well, as you can see in the pics I posted of mine and he for sure has no hypo in him. I guess it's always possible with the variances in color that corns can have but I'd still bet on the diffused moonstone myself.
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He's also not a hatchling, though, and juvenile anery types frequently are darker than their adult forms.

Here's an example of why I still think it could potentially be a diffused phantom: http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/snake-pictures/41026-phantom-bloodred-hypo-pewter.html

In my search for those photos I discovered a mutation previously unknown to me. This is a rare occurrence...I have research to do.
 
Dragonling said:
In my search for those photos I discovered a mutation previously unknown to me. This is a rare occurrence...I have research to do.
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Me too! I've never heard of a wraith? I'm not the best at knowing the subtle differences and identifying the morphs, but I enjoy the genetics behind it, so I know what most of them are, and what makes what. I'm a snake nerd. LOL :rolleyes:
 
Dragonling said:
He's also not a hatchling, though, and juvenile anery types frequently are darker than their adult forms.

Here's an example of why I still think it could potentially be a diffused phantom: http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/snake-pictures/41026-phantom-bloodred-hypo-pewter.html

In my search for those photos I discovered a mutation previously unknown to me. This is a rare occurrence...I have research to do.
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Every mutation is new to me so I have lots of research to do. Good thing i have Worm's feeding schedule for the next 2 months programed in my phone!
 
albertagirl said:
Me too! I've never heard of a wraith? I'm not the best at knowing the subtle differences and identifying the morphs, but I enjoy the genetics behind it, so I know what most of them are, and what makes what. I'm a snake nerd. LOL :rolleyes:
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Wraith is hypo lavender charcoal. I've obsessed over learning the different mutations and how they function. I've owned corn snakes for less than a year and find myself eyerolling at seasoned breeders making very simple morph ID mistakes. I am continually learning, though! Worm isn't an easy one to pinpoint, like many polygenic morphs, and my confidence in my guess if hypo pewter is somewhere around 50%. Diffused moonstone is a distinct possibility. Or maybe you got extra lucky and he's a diamond, though I don't know if his eyes would be blue then. We can compare when mine arrives in a few months.
 
Get some more images when I get home. In the meantime enjoy a picture of him trying to escape the quarantine box and giving me a heart attack last night.
 

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Amazing how they always find that little shelf under the lid. You'd think manufacturers would stop making them like that.
I sympathize with your near heart attack. I thought I lost my snake the other day too and after removing all hides and decorations and sifting through the entire substrate twice, I finally noticed him right out in the open on his magnetic shelf. I have a front opening cage, and the shelf is near the top, and since I wasn't looking ^up^ he seemed to have simply disappeared!
As a side note, if you ever want to read a fun "near heart attack" thread, check this one out.
 
albertagirl said:
Amazing how they always find that little shelf under the lid. You'd think manufacturers would stop making them like that.
I sympathize with your near heart attack. I thought I lost my snake the other day too and after removing all hides and decorations and sifting through the entire substrate twice, I finally noticed him right out in the open on his magnetic shelf. I have a front opening cage, and the shelf is near the top, and since I wasn't looking ^up^ he seemed to have simply disappeared!
As a side note, if you ever want to read a fun "near heart attack" thread, check this one out.
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Admittedly I didn't have the lid on all the way as I was about to put him in his bath. Silly boy was wanting to explore even more.
 
DollysMom said:
That's a beautiful little one you have there. Yeah, the light colored ones are semi-transparent when they are young. I remember when I could see my Cleo's heart.

Sweet youngster there. Best wishes.
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I was holding Worm today and noticed something moving in him. It took me a minute to realize it was his heart beating! It was so neat to watch.
 
SissyT213 said:
May I ask why you were bathing him?
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We were working on some shedding skin stuck on his tail. No soap or anything like that, just warm water deep enough to submerge his body but shallow enough that his head easily stuck put of it.
 
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