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I bred a lavender male (pos het hypo) to a normal corn female w/ no know hets. Out of 15 hatchlings I have one very light colored pink snake w/ dark eyes. I assumed this is either a lavender or hypo lavender. I was told they can be difficult to tell apart at hatching. This would mean that the female has to be at least het for lavender if not also het hypo.

The large percentage of the other hatchlings are very light colored compared to their normal colored het siblings and have the pink/peach coloring between their saddles like lavs do:

Here is the pink one that I believe to be either lavender or hypo lav:

Could these lighter colored sib's possibly be ghosts (I didn't notice any anery babies) or can het lav's be lighter in color (I didn't think there where any physical markers for corn morphs other than bloodreds)?

I have read (from Serpenco's site) that a snow corn was one of the primary ancesters to the lavender morph which could explain anery' or ghosts popping out.........
Thanks,
Ralph

I see a few lavs and the pink one looks opal but it has dark eyes.......so it might be a hypo lav....I never hatched one.......look for hypo lav pics and see.......they are really light from what I remember seeing......I thnk it is (but what do I know)....

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Thanks. I also just got response from Don Soderberg who believes the pink is a hypo lave male. For some reason the males are much lighter than females. Sure enough I went ahead and popped it and it was a male. He also confirmed what I thought in that the other lighter colored ones where lavs w/ maybe a few female hypo lavs mixed in (they arn't as light colored as the males).

All this from a normal female I picked up at a pet shop 2 yrs ago who had no known hets.............corn snakes are fun!!

Hets. are fun to deal with! Every year is like christmas. this year I found out that my female snow and a snow male I borrowed were both het. stripe I was extremely surprised to have such a nice morph in my very first clutch.
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-David Harrison-
.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Striped Anery Corn "Vendetta"
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
.1 Ball Python "Rocky Ballboa" (Didn't name her!)

"Have you ever tried simply turning off the T.V., sitting down with your kids... and hitting them?"

That is awesome!! Snow stripes are definitly on my wish list!!

come to a pet shop near me and you can end up with het for all kinds of stuff.....even albino or ghost balls (no, not corns het albino ball you silly )....

.........you got really lucky.........

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Ralph,Would the pet shop happen to be Noah's? I've gotten nice surprises from there myself.My first female red candycane came from there.She produced some nice little ones. Jeff

Yep,it sure was. I been out of reptiles for about 4 years because I needed the room when my youngest son was born. My wife and I decided to get a pet snake. I picked a normal corn hatchling at Noah's and didn't even know the sex of it. Cool how things turn out.....can't wait to see your critters soon also!!