The Rootbeer Cornsnake & Others

[CJBianco]

Can anyone tell me what makes the Rootbeer Cornsnake?

And a side question: If you were breeding for fun ONLY (meaning not for a single dime of profit), what would be your favorite combo with the Blizzard? Would a Rootbeer be one? Just curious. (Have I asked this before? Gosh! I have such a lousy memory.)

As you all know, I'm looking for interesting females to breed with my Blizzard male next season. I am already buying an Amber female. And I was thinking of a Lavender female, but then considered a Lavender Hypo female instead. (I'm holding off on the Lavender/Lavender Hypo until I can decide between the two.) What other combos would be cool and/or interesting?

I'd love some other opinions.

Thanks Again,
Chris =)

 

[cornmorphs]

the hypo lavenders are very nice, although the females are not as nice as the males usually

 

[snakepimp]

The rootbeer is a 50/50 (usually) "normal" phase cross between corns Pantherophis guttatus and Great Plains Rat Snakes Pantherophis emoryi. They are usually produced as a "by-product" of creamsicles. Breeders put a Great Plains Rat, and an Amelanistic Corn Snake. The creamsicles are amelanistic rootbeers, being the F2 offspring from a pair of F1 rootbeers. Which are het for the Corn Snake Amelanism. So that breeding produces 1/4 creamsicles and 3/4 rootbeers.
I think it would be super cool to breed a Phantom (Type 2 Anery + Hypo) to your blizzard and produce charcaols he for Amel and hypo, then you could start your own "Coral" (hahahahah) Blizzards.
Actually, the coolest thing would be to breed it to Ultra or Lava, and produce hets for something never before seen. What is Lava/Charcoal like? What about Charcoal Ultramels?

 

[lefty_mussolini]

Here are a couple of pics of Rootbeers het. Amel (75% Corn, 25% Emoryi). A Rootbeer is any Emoryi, Corn cross. The influence of Emoryi gives them more of a brown saddle color. I wouldn't personally cross Blizzard to Rootbeer. If you do, you will most likely get Creamsicles in the clutch (Creams are any Amelanistic cross of Emoryi and Corn) as most Rootbeers are het for amel because they are usually the hets from a creamsicle project. I would probably try to get an ultra to cross to my Blizzard. You would get all ultramels het charcoal from that pairing, and then get ultramel charcoals, ultra charcoals, and blizzards in the f2's. Might be a cool project.

 

[CJBianco]

Thanks for the Rootbeer info! And for the breeding suggestions!

I think the Rootbeer would do best bred to something other than my Blizzard.

So far I plan on the Blizzard x Amber breeding. I thought about the Phantom a while ago. I almost picked one up too, but I was a day late and a dollar short. (Actually, I was a dollar short which caused me to be a day late. You understand.) I'm not really sure what a Coral Blizzard is (maybe Charcoal x Amel x Hypo), but it sounds pretty cool!

And the Lavendar Hypo sounds pretty cool, too. I'll have to hold out for a nicer female, though. Thanks for the tip!

The Ultras and Lavas confuse me a bit. Those are just new Hypos, right? I already have the old Hypo gene in the Amber, so I'm not sure if I need a new one. (I'm so overwhelmed by the bazillion Cornsnake morphs.) I'll check them out, though.

I do plan on purchasing Kathy Love's new 2005 Cornsnake Manual as well as the Cornsnake Morph Guide. These books should help sort out my confusion. I hope. LOL =)

Thanks Again,
Chris