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i was thinking of getting a male to pair up with my amel female. any suggestions on what would make any cool looking babies?

>>i was thinking of getting a male to pair up with my amel female. any suggestions on what would make any cool looking babies?
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another stripe amel
or something else stripe or even something else stripe het amel.
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sorry i posted the wrong pic. this is the correct one

Well, genetics are limited in what morphs could be produced from that female in the first generation. Its not like mixing paint where you can add two different colors to produce a third color (ie, red and blue make purple). You could breed her to any of the morphs that are carrying amel genes like a snow, or butter, and produce amels that are het. for snow or butter. You could pair her to a pattern morph like stripe and produce amels het. stripe. Its a matter of taste and what you want to produce from her. As an above poster stated, you can always breed her to another amel and produce amels.

so would it be better to get a male that was het for somthing rather then a "pure"?

You can get a normal het amel, a butter which is an amel caramel, even a snow which is amel and snery combined, or any male carrying the albino gene. That will give you albinos for the most part with the butter and snow, and normals and amels with the normal het. amel. Not to sound like a broke record, but I highly recommend you getting a good book about cornsnakes. Don Soderberg at South Mountain Reptiles, Kathy Love at Cornutopia have great books that explain all the genetics. Apparently responses are generating even more questions in your mind and a good book will answer a ton of stuff.

"even a snow which is amel and snery combined"

I gotta pick up one of those awesome "snery" morphs..HAHAA!!

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