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So what DON'T you like?

Not a fan of Amels or blizzard/ghosts.

I do like a high contrast snake though. (Which Amels are, so, um yeah. I'm contradicting myself.)

I like the caramel stripes, but I'm not wild about butter. Generally, I like high contrast Normals and the grey tones: Charcoal, Anery, granite, pewter, Miami. Touches of yellow on those don't bother me.

Generally though, I like the personality more than the color. And I like the fact that my son likes his snake and that his snake likes him. If the pet were purple, that would still be important to me.

But once I start, ahem, collecting for myself, I'm seraching down a caramel or a Charcoal. Or a Granite. Or....

SaulsMom
 
carol said:
And trickster... nothing personal, but what I also don't care for is how people actually have to post that they don't like a morph in almost all of the photo gallery posts that contain one. I certainly wouldn't chase around all the photo gallery pics of Ultras and talk about how much I question them. But I hope that statement doesn't hurt any feelings or get blown out of proportion. :sidestep:
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Carol,
No offense taken. I think I have only posted my dislike of the Z only 4 times and that has accounted this thread as well. I think 2 were in Dean's and it was that I wasn't impressed with his. And that I am hoping that I will become impressed with it. The last thread I posted with the Z, I am was more wowed by the Miami with bright red saddles.
For me, I do not question its blood line or anything like that. I am just going by my visual stimulation and personal appeal.
Actually, I kinda like this thread, it allows people to give their opinions on a morph.

I'm personally am a Butter lover and hoping to get some this summer or fall. :grin01:
 
carol said:
Hmm. Interesting. If you are going to add a morph to your list of dislikes because you question it's purity, you think you would add Ultras to the list. :shrugs: But that's just me. Brent, Charcoal also originated from Keys corns (Pine Island Anerys were they?) so don't forget to tack those on as well. ;)
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Actually forgot about Ultra's, and yes, they would be added to my list . . . for the same reason I placed Cinder there. I just may go back and edit!

As for the Cinder, nothing personal, doesn't look like a corn. Check out any thread with an Amel pictured in it. If the Amel "doesn't quite look right", it's labeled a creamsicle hybrid . . . and any time I've pointed out you can't visually identify creamsicles accurately, I'm shunned. Typically, those are amels that arguably look pretty 'normal' as far as Amels go.

With Cinder, they drastically look different from your average normal-looking corn. High saddle count most noticeably. To my eye, the coloring resembles a cross between a miami and a baird's ratsnake. :shrugs: Something about the coloring between the scales that resembles the baird's to me. Too much is unkown other than the gene acts as a simple recessive and is either compatible with corns or is a corn gene. Let's face it, amelansim in kingsnakes is compatible with corns too right?!

As for Charcoal, they could very well be impure as well, but let's not argue that entire elephant. Suffice it to say that a Charcoal 'looks like a corn' where as an Ultra, Cinder, and apparently Creamsicle/Rootbeer do not. :grin01: If everyone else can visually identify the hidden genotypes and heritage of snakes, aren't I entitled to as well?? :cool:

D80
 
I dont like any of the white morphs-blizzard, ghost, snow..... just doesnt do anything for me. I know this is a corn snake forum, but my alltime least favorite morph is the piebald python. Looks like someone has attacked them with a tip-ex pen! :grin01:

plissken said:
tyflier said:
Unlike the above posters, I happen to be a big fan of the "yellow" morphs...carmel, amber, butter. And I love the look of an anery with alot of yellow around the throat area.
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I'm with you - I love the yellows. Butters are actually my favourite morph.
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Quite like some of the yellow morphs too and I LOVE Anerys but dislike the yellowing around the throat-looks like a stain :)
 
I wouldn't say I dislike any snakes- I like them all just because of what they represent for the diversity of the species...
That said, I probably won't buy a butter or any stripe soon. But who knows? Tastes change.
When I first started coming here, I wasn't liking any of the opals and such (as many people have stated..) but OMG are they ever growing on me.
So maybe butters and stripes will too!
I also feel that I need to see some in person to fully appreciate them.
I know some don't really photograph as they actually appear. And I've only ever seen my own and some baby amels at PetCo!
 
I don't care at all for yellows, anerys or miami's. I prefer amels and the ligher morphs like snows and opals. Of course I like a nice bright normal and a okeetee is on my top wish list
 
Aztec/ZigZag- to me these "messy pattern" snakes just look sloppy. I like a nice clean pattern, nice clear saddles etc.

Stripes- I'm not big on stripes, but those Butter stripes are growing on me, and I actually own my own stripe... but she's looking to be a vanishing stripe... which I DO like.

Banded- does nothing for me.

Muddy Normals- :puke01:

Snows- the general "run of the mill snow" if there is such, I don't care for. Those ones with the white and off white, mixed with peachy and yellow *blegh* However I do like Bubblegum and Neon or whatever they are being called right now.

Ultra- I own one and a het, they're pretty, I don't like the contraversy, so I'm selling mine off, as I'm not one for a debate at shows or whatnot... :shrugs: besides, there are plenty that are working with them anyhow.
 
Lore said:
Aztec/ZigZag- to me these "messy pattern" snakes just look sloppy. I like a nice clean pattern, nice clear saddles etc.
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Missed those off my lists. I can just about understand why people like proper Zigzags that zig and zag the whole length of the body, but snakes with partial zigzag sections just look like someone got distracted while they were colouring them in!
 
a little off topic, but not far off: I like all the morphs,


but i am in LOVE with normal stripes. Especially when they have unbroken lines.

I'm not a breeder and don't really understand the whole genetics of it all, but i always wondered if you could somehow up the contrast of the stripes, or make the stripes darker by getting some really black bordered okeetee blood in there?

is that even going to make a difference? or am i nuts?
if i ever get into the breeding world (you never know, if i live to be an old lady, i might just get into snake breeding as a retirement project, lol) i'd focus on making my ideal snake:
which would be a realllly high contrast normal stripe. As stripey as possible.

:droools:
 
I like them all! What's not to like? :shrugs: Sorry but without any of the recessive genes, we wouldn't have all the cool morphs today. It'd be just like when I started breeding corns, you had normals or Okeetee. :cheers:
 
For me, it's all about high contrast and strong colors. I'm not into the snow/blizzard look. I don't really find opals attractive, and I only like the "purplest" lavenders. For some reason, I also don't really like any of the morphs with red eyes (they kind of creep me out). For awhile there, I didn't like any of the yellow morphs, but butter stripes are starting to grow on me.
 
I love them all but my least favorites would probably be the aztec/zigzag patterned and some of the reverse okeetees. Most of the other morphs/patterns have grown on me over time. For me, sometimes it takes seeing a snake more than once to appreciate it.
 
Generally I like them all, and can't think of a single one that I haven't seen at least one that I want......but I'd have to go with Miami. This might also be slightly tainted....the last one we had was the spawn of Satan.
 
Unfortunately, my least favorite morph happens to be the "it" morph of the moment.

I'm not too into Lavs and Hypo Lavs. Perhaps they'll grow on me, I do think that diffused lavs are pretty awesome. I'd have to see a pretty good example to be very impressed though.
 
Amels - Ill take a sunglow or a HIGH CONTRAST RO anyday. Vomitmels blahhh

Butters - I detest yellow and dont like the red eyes

Ambers - Just not my thing

Caramels - I only like Lores caramel motley "gravy". All others are mehh

Ultra - Don't do nothing for me... I don't understand the hype

Lavamels - Fancy Vomitmels

Do you see a pattern forming in my hatred for yellows, browns, oranges?

Im a Lav, anery, blood/diffused, wishy washy snow/opal kinda girl :cool:
 
I really dislike miamis that have dark red or burgundy saddles. Mainly because miamis are one of my favourite morphs, and every time I see a burgundy one with a nice clean grey background I think to myself, "what a waste - that would look fantastic with orange!"
 
Every time I think there's a morph I am not that interested in, such as Caramel or Anery, someone will post a picture of one that is just beautiful, and I think- "What was I thinking, I love that color!" So if you took the prettiest example of each morph- I would have to say no, there is not one I don't like.

Nanci
 
Drizzt80 said:
With Cinder, they drastically look different from your average normal-looking corn. High saddle count most noticeably. To my eye, the coloring resembles a cross between a miami and a baird's ratsnake. :shrugs: Something about the coloring between the scales that resembles the baird's to me.
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As far as the high saddle count, you may just want to discriminate against mine then. I don't believe any of Rich's have this saddle count. It seems to be something that is coming from the Hypo Miami line that I mixed in with it. Although definitely not all of mine have the high count and right now it is showing some interesting inheritance patterns. It may be it's own "gene" but that definitely warrents further study. ;) The color coming in at the base of the scales reminds me of a Biardi too, but they only get that color in the saddles and none in the background color. Weird. Then again, Bloodred pattern reminds me a lot of Yellow Ratsnakes, but I don't think there is a connection. :cool: Anyway, sorry for the hijack.
 
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