New to Corns... What color is this baby?

[kyryah]

Thanks!

Kristina

 

[carol]

That's a cute little Classic/Normal.

 

[kyryah]

He looks like a norm to me, but the breeder told me he was an anerytheristic crossed on something else...

Corns are so gorgeous, I love the rainbow of colors they come in!

This is my other baby. I believe he is just a plain old amel.

Thanks!

 

[Weebonilass]

I agree, the first one looks like a beautiful normal/ classic to me... saddles aren't wide enough for an Okeetee. Definitely not an anery. And yup, second one looks like an amel to me too.

 

[kathylove]

The breeder probably meant that he / she crossed an anery with another snake, which resulted in normal babies that are het (carrying the hidden trait for, and can pass it on to THEIR babies someday) anery. Your baby also possibly carries the trait of the other parent, if it was also a recessive trait. If possible, ask the breeder what the other trait was, and if each parent was actually EXHIBITING those traits (or just carrying them hidden, i.e. "het" for the traits). Then you will know the genetic make up of your baby. If you wait too long to ask, the breeder may forget as time goes by. It doesn't matter if you don't completely understand how it works or what it means. Just keep whatever info you find out for the future. It will come in handy if you ever decide to breed it someday. BTW, cute baby!

 

[kyryah]

Thanks for the reply! I probably will not breed these guys... but I will see if I can get a hold of the breeder and check. I actually found them on Freecycle (shudder) and lucky for them, I have herp experience.

Kristina

 

[kathylove]

Do you know if the two are sibs? If so, then they have the possibility that they carry both anery and amel, or snow (snow = anery + amel).

You may never breed, but the hobby is VERY addictive! Chances are either that you will lose interest completely in a year or so, or you will become addicted and want to move on to the next level.

Good luck whichever way it goes!

 

[kyryah]

I believe that they are siblings. From what I understood, they had a clutch and these were the two left that had not sold.

I garuntee there will be no loss of interest, not with me You should see the list of herps that I have, and animals in general. My numbers run over 70 most of the time.

Kristina

 

[Weebonilass]

Do you know if the two are sibs? If so, then they have the possibility that they carry both anery and amel, or snow (snow = anery + amel).

You may never breed, but the hobby is VERY addictive! Chances are either that you will lose interest completely in a year or so, or you will become addicted and want to move on to the next level.

Good luck whichever way it goes!

LOL Kathy,

It took me four or five years to purchase my second snake.... and I'm not sure that I want to move onto the breeding level, although I am thinking about it... I'm just worried about ending up with tons of non-feeders and feeling terrible if I can't get them to eat or losing one of my precious females to egg binding... yeah, the glass is normally half full.. except when I think about breeding these things :uhoh:

 

[kathylove]

kyryah - Didn't realize you already had so many other herps. You already know about the addiction, lol!

Weebonilass - You show admirable restraint, haha! I think you might be somewhat unusual, at least compared to most of my customers. Many of them come to a crossroads within a year (or maybe slightly more) after their first corn acquisition. At that point, they often seem to either lose interest, or really immerse themselves in the hobby - and sometimes go totally crazy from there! I bet a large percentage of the CS members went the "totally crazy" route!!

 

[Susan]

...I bet a large percentage of the CS members went the "totally crazy" route!!

I resemble that remark, although I prefer using the term "consummately psychotic" in regards to my snakes.