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New corn
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CornCrazy
What's one more???
Ummm...there are NORMAL creamsicles, too. They are also called rootbeer corns, I think. Maybe that is what the person meant. I would be hesitant to call them anything but creams if that is what you bought them as. If you all of a sudden decide they are corns and not corn/rat snake intergrades, then you will be deceiving people when you sell babies from these snakes. They will be thinking they are getting a "pure" corn, but may be getting hybrids.
thing is the person i got her from didn't now a load about corns, he mainly kept pythons. He was telling me about his friend who was selling a okeetee corn, apparantly okeetee's are black and white 
Doesn't look like any creamsicle I've ever seen before so thats why I was doubting it. Shouldn't it be more creamsicle like if it was from 2 creamsicle parents?!
Doesn't look like any creamsicle I've ever seen before so thats why I was doubting it. Shouldn't it be more creamsicle like if it was from 2 creamsicle parents?!
CornCrazy
What's one more???
For one...Okeetees are NOT black and white. They are normal corns with broad black bands around their saddles. The black and white snake was probably a California King Snake.
For two...my creamsicles look like corns (mine are amel, though). Their color is a bit different. They are a "lighter" color amel. But the shape of them is basically the same. Some creams will look a little more like hybrids, but not all of them do.
As for looking more like a cream...if one of the parents was a "normal" cream and the other was an "amel" cream, then some of the babies would be normal creams as well.
For two...my creamsicles look like corns (mine are amel, though). Their color is a bit different. They are a "lighter" color amel. But the shape of them is basically the same. Some creams will look a little more like hybrids, but not all of them do.
As for looking more like a cream...if one of the parents was a "normal" cream and the other was an "amel" cream, then some of the babies would be normal creams as well.
Darin Chappell
Very Senior Hillbilly
Given that you're in the UK, how many creamsicles are actually available over there? I mean, I'm pretty ignorant on the issue, but I have noticed a real increase int he number of people that call their animals a name by how they look rather than by what they are genetically. That animal appears to be a pastel ghost to me, and in the eyes of a UK breeder, it may well have appeared to have a "creamy" look to it, thereby justifying (in that person's mind) the name "creamsicle. On the other hand, it may well have emoryi blood in it.
However, there is not going to be any good way to tell what your animal really is without some intensive breeding trials. Even then, you'll only have conclusions drawn from a preponderance of evidence, most likely.
This is exactly why it is so very important for us all to make certain that we know what we have and ONLY lable it for what it truly is. If we don't insist on calling intergrades and hybrids for what they are, the pool of cornsnake blood may become so fully infused with other snakes that a pure bred corn will be a thing of the past.
However, there is not going to be any good way to tell what your animal really is without some intensive breeding trials. Even then, you'll only have conclusions drawn from a preponderance of evidence, most likely.
This is exactly why it is so very important for us all to make certain that we know what we have and ONLY lable it for what it truly is. If we don't insist on calling intergrades and hybrids for what they are, the pool of cornsnake blood may become so fully infused with other snakes that a pure bred corn will be a thing of the past.