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I picked this boy up from a local pet shop. I guess he's a creamsicle, or could he be an orange candycane? Appears to be a young adult. His belly is white, but I can see a clear checkerboard pattern.

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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

That looks to be more of a "canycane" amel from Miami influence, but that isn't to say there isn't or can't be emoryi in there somewhere too. As a matter of fact, long ago there was some emoryi added into Kathy Love's candycane line.

Don't want to burst any bubbles here, but this is the reality of the way things are.

They are what they are..LOL!

Pretty snake I must say....wow!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

In addition to what that "bubble burster" Doug said, you cannot tell if a snake is a creamsicle just by looking at it. There are a heck of a lot of creamsicles that look like "pure" amel corns, due to their low percentage of Emory Ratsnake. There are also some very pale "pure" amel corns.

Creamsicle isn't what a snake looks like (though a 50/50 amel Corn Snake/Emory Ratsnake does have a particular "look" ), rather it refers to the genetic makeup of an amel Corn Snake/Emory cross. Without knowing a snake's complete genetic history, it's impossible to know if an amel-looking Corn Snake is actually a creamsicle.

Tim

I agree 100% on every bit of that.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Thanks, guys. Then a snake can't actually be 'het' for creamsicle, can it? I see that a lot in ads.
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Amy Claiborne

Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.

if the seller is referring to a normal emoryixcorn that is het. for amel. The term creamsickle refers to the amelanistic emoryi x corn cross. Terms like rootbeer used to be used at one time for the non-amel emoryi x corn crosses carrying the amel gene, and those animals could be considered het for creamsickle. However, if the buyer is referring to an amelanistic corn being het. for creamsickle, then that is not possible. It either has emoryi genes or not. Be careful. They could simply be referring to amel corns as "possible" due to unknown origins and not sure if they have emoryi blood in them or not.