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What babies will I get?

FF7Turk Feb 08, 2006 11:49 AM

I have some young corns that should be ready to breed next year if I choose to do it. I dont know anything about breeding, and I got them at Petco so I dont know about their heritage other than they aren't wild caught. Anyway, here's what I have:

Snow Corn, no green, just pink base color with white spots.

Anery, light grey base color black spots, some red on the belly

Either a Creamsicle or Albino, not sure. Its light orange with darker orange spots, and white around the edges of the spots.

As you can see, only one of my snakes has any dark pigment, so I don't know what I'll get. Any ideas?

Replies (10)

xblackheart Feb 08, 2006 02:19 PM

Sounds like you are going to get anery and amels unless there is hidden stuff in the genes. Kat could answer this question bettter. i also know there is a corn morph cart that helps you figure these things out. this is the link. its under the genetics wizard, I believe.
http://www.cornsnakes.nl/
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Kat Feb 08, 2006 02:24 PM

Quick bit of info...

Anery - Recessive trait, resulting snake is typically black/grey or brown/tan, often with yellow on the neck. More commonly called 'Amel', short for Amelanistic.

Albino - Recessive trait, resulting snake has no black or brown, with white replacing the normally black borders.

Creamsicle - Albino with emoryi heritage. Hybrid. Good quality creamsicles have a nice orange look to them (like a creamsicle popsicle), but some can look almost exactly like normal pure corn albinos. (There's a group of people out there that cares about this distinction and is very picky about making sure all corn-hybrids bear the name.)

Snow - Two recessive traits... specifically, Albino and Anery. Black pigment is absent, but so is red. Color generally ranges from pink, to white, to yellow... sometimes a little bit of lime green.

One thing you forgot to provide is what gender your snakes are. If they are all male, you obviously can't produce anything... But, ignoring gender, here's what you'd get in each cross:

Snow X Albino (or Creamsicle)= All Albinos (or Creamsicles) het for Anery. (If the albino is already het anery, you'll get some snows.)

Snow X Anery = All Anerys het Albino. If the Anery is het Amel, you'll get some snows.

Anery X Albino (or Creamsicle)= All Normals (or Rootbeers*) het for Anery and Albino. If either parent is het for the other trait, you'll get that other trait showing.

*Rootbeer is the name for emoryi-hybrids which are normal in appearance.

You'll want to have your snakes sexed by someone experienced so that you know what you can actually pair up. Best case scenario would be for your snow to be male, and the other two female.

Incidentally, if your albino (Amel) was sold to you as a Creamsicle, then consider it a creamsicle, even if it doesn't meet a preconceived look.
-Kat
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Kat Feb 08, 2006 02:27 PM

Anery, light grey base color black spots, some red on the belly

Re-reading your post, this surprises me. Anerys do not have red. Perhaps the snake was mislabeled? Do you have a pic?

-Kat
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xblackheart Feb 08, 2006 04:17 PM

Kat,
I was thinking the same thing. I thought anery can not produce red, the closest that they got was yellow.
A pic would be nice
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draybar Feb 09, 2006 08:02 AM

>>Quick bit of info...
>>
>>Anery - Recessive trait, resulting snake is typically black/grey or brown/tan, often with yellow on the neck. More commonly called 'Amel', short for Amelanistic.
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>>Albino - Recessive trait, resulting snake has no black or brown, with white replacing the normally black borders.
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maybe you want to re-word the above?
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Draybars Snakes

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Kat Feb 09, 2006 11:10 AM

You're right, Draybar... The line about Amel belongs under Albino, not Anery. D'oh.

-Kat
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draybar Feb 09, 2006 01:02 PM

>>You're right, Draybar... The line about Amel belongs under Albino, not Anery. D'oh.
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>>-Kat
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I just had to let my mean streak jump though and tease you a little.
You always do a great job answering everyone's questions.
keep up the good work.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

Draybars Snakes

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Kat Feb 09, 2006 02:31 PM

Good catch.

-Kat
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Colorfulcorns Feb 08, 2006 08:39 PM

One of the best RPG's made.
Now the snakes...
You have an Anery with red on it's belly?????
Anery's lack red pigment and normally have some yellow on the sides of there necks..Can you post a pic?
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Cory
Corns(Adults)
1.0 Snow
1.1 Anerythiristic
1.2 Normals
0.1 Okeetee
0.1 Banded
0.1 Blizzard
1.0 Milksnake Phase
Corns(Sub-adult)
0.1 Normal
1.0 Amel
0.1 Normal het Amel
1.1 Bloodreds het Pewter
1.1 Butter
1.1 Aztec Snow
Rats
1.1 Black rats
Pythons
1.1 Ball
Rattlesnakes
1.0 Western Diamondback
Lots of mice and rats

goregrind Feb 10, 2006 05:48 AM

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jake

my addiction:
2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
1 amelenistic corn snake (zyklon)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)

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