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Ok I saw the pic in the later post and fell in love!!
I have been looking at all the snow white snakes and I either can't afford it or it's more yellow than white.
Or it's a Texas rat and everything I have read says they are just evil.
What are the temperments of these (Blizzards)?
I currently have a Black Mexican King and a regular CK.
The Mexican is 5 yrs old and the most loving cool snake ever!!
He is about 4 feet long and will lay curled up on my stomach while I read for hours without trying to get away.
The CK is a different story because it's still a squirmy baby but I hope he will someday be as sweet as my other King.
The only experience I have with corns are young ones in pet stores and they seem so hyper!! Do they mellow as they age?
Thanks

I had a still born in last years little that was about 98% pure white with a faint 2% hint of pink. The mother was a Ghost Corn and the Father was a Motley Albino,. I was very disappointed because this was the exact thing I was hoping to get out of the clutch. Oh well maybe this year.
Foot Hill Reptiles

Just a quick question,I dont mean to be a jerk or anything,but why were you expecting white hatchlings from a ghost and a amel motley. barring any unknown hets,you should have got all normals quad. het for anery, hypo,amel,and motley. Remember that color is one of the last things to develop . Chances are the poor guy expired before the color could come in. Again not meaning to step on any toes,I was just wondering.
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Arlon Delorge
Classic Constrictors

Because I was told it was possible by a few people "not on this board" and no he was just as developed as the others in the clutch but was the only one to be pure white
Foot Hill Reptiles

>>Because I was told it was possible by a few people "not on this board" and no he was just as developed as the others in the clutch but was the only one to be pure white
>>Foot Hill Reptiles

with the parents listed I don't see the possibility of blizzard.
unless the ghost was het amel and they were both het anery B
I have had quite a few babies that have not quite made it to full term and they were usually white.
The skin pigment just hasn't developed fully.
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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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Yes - first batch of kingsnake eggs I had when I was in the 6th grade - a week before due to hatch, a cat knocked the incubator off the table and the eggs died. We opened them - and they were all white with very faint pattern.

Maybe they weren't really due in a week, hard to know - but they physically were well developed - just no color yet.
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i cant speak for the genetics of the paretnts other then what i have already noted. i guess its possible but these eggs were dew to hatch and all the young were well developed, i had a mixture of albinos, ghosts, normals, 1 pinkish one, a couple that looked ghost but were brown rather than grey and then the 1 single egg that heald a pure white baby. i have pictures of the clutch but im not sure if i do of the white baby, i will try to dig them up but i warn you 98% of this clutch were still borns so the pictures are not pretty
Foot Hill Reptiles

>>i cant speak for the genetics of the paretnts other then what i have already noted. i guess its possible but these eggs were dew to hatch and all the young were well developed, i had a mixture of albinos, ghosts, normals, 1 pinkish one, a couple that looked ghost but were brown rather than grey and then the 1 single egg that heald a pure white baby. i have pictures of the clutch but im not sure if i do of the white baby, i will try to dig them up but i warn you 98% of this clutch were still borns so the pictures are not pretty
>>Foot Hill Reptiles

Due to hatch....key phrase here. They DID NOT hatch, which means they did not make it to full term.
As we were trying to convey, we have had this exact thing happen and the snakes were white.
I'm talking ten, twelve, fourteen eggs hatch, one or two don't although they never showed signs of going bad. Open the eggs and you have what appears to be a snake just about ready to leave the egg but it is white.
It just tells me that color pigment is one of, if not the last thing to develop. I may be wrong but that is my observation.
I would be willing to bet that you could breed those two together from now until they are too old and never get a blizzard.
Yes, it is possible they are both het anery B and the ghost is het amel but in this case I would put my money against those odds.
Just seen it too many times.
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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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well, corns all have different attitudes.. some are mellow and some arent. i'd suggest reading up on cornsnakes to make sure that is what you want. but to tell you the truth, none of my corns sit in my lap while i read..... they are almost always on the move.
~kin
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Some blizzard corns do have some yellow on the neck, but some don't. I'm not sure you can tell until they reach adulthood.

Another option is a blizzard Cal King - which is hypermelanistic and amel (opposed to aneryB amel in corns). Kerby breeds some nice ones.
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the lucistic texas rats i have come in contact with were all nasty, but they may not all be like that. younger corns are more wiggly than adults. like kin said, theyre usually moving around, but adults are much calmer than babies. id just keeping looking at different corn snake morphs...theres so many colors youll most likely find a few that you like even better than a mostly white snake!
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1.1 bearded dragons
2.2 Leopard Geckos
1.0 Butter Cornsnake
1.1 dogs(dachund/minpin mix & blue heeler/pitbull mix)
1 quarter horse

While snowcorn, blizzards and leucistic snakes of different types are certainly alright, because I have had all the above, in my honest opinion, as far as cornsnake's are concerned, a hypo Lavender corn that is "lilac" purple and pink, just CANNOT be beaten for it's captivating beauty!

~Doug

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

I agree!!

>>Ok I saw the pic in the later post and fell in love!!
>>I have been looking at all the snow white snakes and I either can't afford it or it's more yellow than white.
>>Or it's a Texas rat and everything I have read says they are just evil.
>>What are the temperments of these (Blizzards)?
>>I currently have a Black Mexican King and a regular CK.
>>The Mexican is 5 yrs old and the most loving cool snake ever!!
>>He is about 4 feet long and will lay curled up on my stomach while I read for hours without trying to get away.
>>The CK is a different story because it's still a squirmy baby but I hope he will someday be as sweet as my other King.
>>The only experience I have with corns are young ones in pet stores and they seem so hyper!! Do they mellow as they age?
>>Thanks

yes, young corns can be a little hyper but they definitely calm as they get older.
With regular handling it is rare to have an agressive adult corn snake.
Like any snake you don't want to stick your finger in their face at feeding time but otherwise I think you would be pleased.
Blizzards are fairly common and fairly inexpensive so you shouldn't have a problem there.
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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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