Up-date photo's of magma.....

[RavenSpirit360]

Cool project.. Beautiful red snakes.. Good luck with the breeding

 

[reptile_jones]

I love red corns- and the coloring on those two is excellent!

Hard luck on breeding him back to his mom. Hopefully it pans out this year!

Cool project.. Beautiful red snakes.. Good luck with the breeding

Thanks! I hope that his mother will product even a small clutch. Any babies that may come from the granit female will be scrutinise for being het bloodred.

 

[reptile_jones]

I thought I would give an update on the progression of this project. Magma’s mother pasted away this last spring at the age of 12 years old. I never did get a successful mating of these two. . I believe what I’m working with is the red factor gene/influence. I’m not completely sure how it works, for me it’s just about making the reddest corn snakes that I can.

I held back 3 babies from 2011. Two normals and one Amel. Non of the babies seem to have any of the deep red color that their father has. The female was in shed but look very close to what the male looks like. Here are pics,

 

[Feral]

Wow. It's like night and day with those. That dark red is just beautiful.

 

[reptile_jones]

Here are the 2012 keepers!

I do think this hold back has the red influence that I'm looking for but only time will tell.

 

[reptile_jones]

I also hatched out another amel this year (2012) that I'm keep as well.

 

[reptile_jones]

Wow. It's like night and day with those. That dark red is just beautiful.

Thanks! :cheers:

 

[reptile_jones]

Here's a few other hold backs from the same clutch.

Here is a ghost.

Hypo,

Anery,

Snow,