>>I think you are misreading what I'm trying to say.

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>>I'm not saying that the pattern *causes* a deformity or abnormality.

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>>I'm saying that a deformity or abnormality can be the cause *of* the aberrant pattern. Every "piebald" corn to date (this does not count the pied-sided, which seems to be completely tied to the diffused gene) has had a spinal kink in the white patch. The white did not cause the kink, the deformity in the spine caused the white.

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>>Understand?

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You asked about the snake pictured, right?

You asked "how often do these guys survive" did you not?

If given proper care they live as long as any other corn snakes.

The snake pictured simply has a slightly different pattern.

Nothing more, nothing less. Very common

If it is eating and you care for it properly it will be fine.

There have been thousands of corns born with patterns like that. To date, there have been no issues associated with such patterns.

you can speculate all day long..but it won't change anything.

it didn't die in the egg so comparrisons to DIE's do not apply.

It doesn't have kinks so comparrisons to kinked hatchlings do not apply

it isn't piebald so comparrisons to piebald specimens do not apply.

which brings me back to your statement...have you seen EVERY piebald corn ever hatched to date?

And if you have, have they really ALL had kinks at every white spot?

Do you really think the kinks caused the white spots?

Then why are other kinked corns not white at their kinks?

Or why don't kinks in all other corn morphs cause pattern anomolies?
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