So what do you think?

[aalomon]

I was recently given this little guy. Genetics are unknown. So is he just a really coppery normal or something else?

 

[pridecity]

I'm not an expert, but it looks similar to a caramel, on Ian's Viv, it looks like the motley pictured. I'm pretty sure yours isn't a motley though.

 

[tricksterpup]

I think it is going to be a nice looking normal.

 

[SteelJawEmily]

Very Pretty! I'm going to toss out there....Kastanie?

 

[Shiari]

could be: A normal, a caramel, a rootbeer....

 

[GSDlover]

I think it looks like a carmel.

 

[JimGERcream]

is he yellow or orange? if he's orange I vote for kastanie.

 

[aalomon]

Thanks for the ideas. He's definitely more metallic orange/copper than yellow.

 

[Crazy Colubrids]

I say kastanie as well. In a few shed you should know.

 

[aalomon]

Im not really familiar with kastanie. What should I be looking for? If I breed him down the road, what do they cross well with?

 

[MysticExotics]

Check out these http://iansvivarium.com/morphguide/kastanie/

http://www.corncalc.com/

I like what Hypo does to a lot of morphs, it would take a couple generations (breed him to Hypo, then breed a holdback pair together) & see what the Hypo gene does to the Kastanie...?

 

[aalomon]

Thanks, but thats not really what I really am looking for. I understand the genetics part, but Im more interested in what some crosses look like. Also (forgive me, I swear some of my classes are wiping out all of my brain cells) but I dont see a lot of difference between those pictures and a normal.

 

[aalomon]

lol, nvm. Click the results = see the pics. I told you my brain cells were dying... Though Im still not seeing a huge difference between those and normal. What am I missing?

 

[MysticExotics]

No worries I don't know much about them, so I could not tell you, other than I've heard they change drastically from hatchlings to adults. They're pretty snakes.
I recognize the name...you're on the herp soc.

 

[Nanci]

I vote caramel, or hybrid or other ratsnake. Not normal cornsnake. I doubt someone with Kastanies is giving them away.

 

[Irish Eyes (Mrs.Z)]

I don't know what it is, but I think it's beautiful! Send it to me .

 

[tricksterpup]

I vote caramel, or hybrid or other ratsnake. Not normal cornsnake. I doubt someone with Kastanies is giving them away.

I agree with you Nanci, if anything it may be Caramel but I doubt it. I still feel its a nice normal.

But for it to be hybrid? well.. I am not sure. I don't see any other rat markers and its showing a lot of yellow.

 

[Haarstad]

I vote caramel, or hybrid or other ratsnake. Not normal cornsnake. I doubt someone with Kastanies is giving them away.

^^ my thought exactly

 

[VickyChaiTea]

My first instinct was "caramel?" then rootbeer. My bet is either hybrid or katstanie, but the latter is more unlikely I would think.

 

[aalomon]

Well, I think Im going to go with caramel, mostly because its my favorite option