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As everyone prepares to bring their breeders out of brumation, I thought I would poll the forum to see what morphs are most preferred. Corn snakes are so beautiful, it may be hard to choose one type. Currently I only have one normal female that will hopefully breed this year but hope to build upon my collection (I have other kings, milks). For me, there is nothing quite like the Okeetees. What about you??

Old school bloods are probably my favorite... That and really crisp, clean, yellow-less anerys.
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-Jaime Palma
Mad-City Constrictors

I like intense yellow, so I'll go with normal butters, butter Motleys and stripes.
Lavenders are high on my list as well.

Steve
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"Book ‘em, Danno”

I'm a fan of big, bold, contrasty colors, so I'm partial to Okeetees and reverse Okeetees myself.
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Ethans Den

For me, I think this wild-caught locality "Miami" phase a friend of mine captured is hard to beat.

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Next would be butters and hypo lavendars.

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Brad Chambers

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

I do want to make a bit of a change. Yes, if your talking morphs, then as I said in my above post, I love Butters & Lavenders, but my favorite corns are high contrast Miami corns like Doug's, and nice Okeetees. There's just something about a high silver corn with orange or red saddles that is very pleasing to the eye. I love them. Here's my 05 Miami male.
Steve

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"Book ‘em, Danno”

Nice looking Miami you have there!, and thanks for the compliment. And I agree, nice examples of both types you mentioned are just plain hard to beat!

Here's another pic of a nice looking wild-caught cornsnake I captured in central Florida in the shedding process.

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

I'd say Reverse Okeetees are my favorites.

Third Eye

May be a stupid question, but why are they called "reverse" Okeetee? If there is no black pigment, aren't they albino?

That is the VERY reason they are coined "reverse" Okeetee. Yes they are simply an amel(albino) Okeetee corn as you said.

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

That the actual reason for the name, is because good examples of "Okeetee" corns display wide black borders,.....when the black is absent due to amelanism(albinism), the snake is left with wide white borders instead.......thus the name "reverse".

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

>>As everyone prepares to bring their breeders out of brumation, I thought I would poll the forum to see what morphs are most preferred. Corn snakes are so beautiful, it may be hard to choose one type. Currently I only have one normal female that will hopefully breed this year but hope to build upon my collection (I have other kings, milks). For me, there is nothing quite like the Okeetees. What about you??

Like most I would have to put okeetees at the top of the list


another that would go towards the top of my list would be motley creamsicles (my line anyway...lol)

Cinnamons are up there as well

The list could go on and on and can change daily...or even hourly but I will end this short list with...wild caughts..
I love the look of almost all wild caughts I have seen. Just something about the look.
one from Alabama

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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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This is a difficult one for me but,if I had to choose only one,it would be okeetee! Jeff

Butters, but not motley or stripes. I like the butterscotch spectrum better than the yellow screamers.

Abbotts' Oks and Amel Stripes are both way up there, too.