Back in April of 2009 a student of mine brought her corn snake to school to show me, and I was floored by how lovely the snake was. At the the time I told her that based on the tail shape and taper I thought the snake was a female.
Fast forward to a few months ago, when my student said she was getting a horse and wanted to know if I wanted the beautiful corn. Why, OF COURSE I did! So, a week ago, I finally picked up the corn, who’s name is “Magma”, for her fiery colors and a striking “M” shape created by a couple blotches that are connected.
After she settled in and fed, I couldn’t resist putting her with my lovely male, “PBJ” (Pretty Boy Jones), as both snakes have especially thick, black borders around their blotches, and both are very clean and vivid in terms of colors and pattern.
The results are shown in the following pics I took last night, right after putting her in his tank. I varied my camera settings, as you can tell from the different “casts” of some of the pics.
PBJ makes initial contact.
The chase is on.
Magma head shot.
The “M” on Magma.
Side by side beauties.
His first attempt...unsuccessful.
His second...success!
To be continued....
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Carl
