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drizzt_19 said:
Yes, that is the exact color!! Are they very common? Wow, I thought it was a sunglow, how can you tell that it isn't? How much are amelanistic albinos worth? The reason I don't know much about it is that it was an exchange for another snake I had that died from a possible parasite so I didn't get much info. Thanks so much drizzt!
starwarsdad
Ye Olde Curmudgeon
A sunglow is a selectively bred amelanistic. They have a reduced amount of white. Determining whether or not a corn is a sunglow is subject to the judgment of others.
These days amelanistic corns are pretty common. They have been bred for something like 50 years. That does NOT mean that your animal is not special. It is now a part of your family and should be valued as such.
Their "worth" is immeasurable. The price of a hatchling amelanistic is about $20 from a breeder.
Hope this helps
Merry Christmas!
These days amelanistic corns are pretty common. They have been bred for something like 50 years. That does NOT mean that your animal is not special. It is now a part of your family and should be valued as such.
Their "worth" is immeasurable. The price of a hatchling amelanistic is about $20 from a breeder.
Hope this helps
Merry Christmas!
robertwallace
Corns Rock
Thats a really cool looking little corn you got there. :flames:
starwarsdad said:A sunglow is a selectively bred amelanistic. They have a reduced amount of white. Determining whether or not a corn is a sunglow is subject to the judgment of others.
These days amelanistic corns are pretty common. They have been bred for something like 50 years. That does NOT mean that your animal is not special. It is now a part of your family and should be valued as such.
Their "worth" is immeasurable. The price of a hatchling amelanistic is about $20 from a breeder.
Hope this helps
Merry Christmas!
Thanks for all that info! So how can mine be an albino if it has colors? Sorry I have had like 3 corn snakes (and a ball python) I just haven't really done much research on the colors before.
robertwallace said:
Thanks so much!
Merry Christmas to you guys, too :santa:
Joejr14
Grand Bubble Burster
You got an Amelanistic, which just means lacking melanin. Melanin refers to dark pigments found in the skin, etc.
If you want an all white snake, you'd want to get a snow or blizzard corn, which is both amelanistic (lacking black) and anerythristic (lacking red/orange).
If you want an all white snake, you'd want to get a snow or blizzard corn, which is both amelanistic (lacking black) and anerythristic (lacking red/orange).
Quigs
"Got R Did"
starwarsdad said:
Just a little tidbit of information here. This is directly quoted from 'The Corn Snake Manual'...
"He (Dr. Bechtel) obtained a wild-caught male amelanistic corn, collected in North Carolina back in 1953, and used it to breed three normal females in 1959."
"Although first reproduced in captivity in 1961, the strain wasn't widely available or well known until the early 1970s after recipients of donated specimens from Dr. Bechtel eventually made their own surplus captive-bred progeny available to the public. A few people, who had heard about but not actually seen them yet, were a little confused and disappointed to find the animals were not white, but instead were red, orange, and yellow with pink eyes. The brilliant hatchlings delighted the newly emerging herp hobbyist sector when they first were offered for sale in the $300-$500 range each!"
If you don't already own this book 'The Corn Snake Manual' written by Bill and Kathy Love...my suggestion is for you to go out and get a copy! It's priceless as far as I'm concerned.