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what would you need in the parents for the biggest variety in the offspring?

im saying that i dont want to get two snakes that have none of the same genes in them, resulting in a 100% normal corn outcome.

one ive come up with is blizzard het caramel x caramel het blizzard. about 6 different phenotypes are possible in the offspring, but where would u get blizzard het caramel, or caramel het blizzarD?

"but where would u get blizzard het caramel, or caramel het blizzard?"

That's a good question. Why this pairing? Do you just really love caramels and blizzards?

You are right, that would be a good pairing to get a variety of babies, but I don't think you'll ever find these snakes.

One thing you are correct in doing is getting "A" Het "B" and "B" Het "A".
Whatever traits you fill in for A and B is up to you.

Some animals that will be easier to find that fit this are, among others
(but these will only yield 4 phenotypes, not 6):

Caramel het Amel & Amel Het Caramel
Caramel het Hypo & Hypo Het Caramel
Amel Het Charcoal & Charcoal Het Amel
Amel Motley Het Caramel & Butter Het Motley

Actually I could go on and on, so I'll just stop there. If you want to make a SMALL list of traits that you would like to have in your animals I could maybe help you out to a greater degree.

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alstiver@hotmail.com

1.0 2001 Hypo snow cornsnake
0.1 2002 Pastel Ghost cornsnake
1.1 2002 Bloodred cornsnakes
0.1 1998 Het Hypo, Het Caramel cornsnake
1.0 2000 Hypo Het Caramel cornsnake

Your best bet is to combine color and Pattern morphs with many het genes, This is a one clutch group from my multi het corns that I breed. No two corns look the same. On the down side, I never have any idea of what is going to be born or of how many, I can never plan on how the genes will combine with each other, but it is fun to work with.....

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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
Hopfam1@aol.com

what were the parents of that clutch?

Both of the Parents are from my genetic MilkShake Line of corn snakes (see web site for more info on them)
That groups parent were a Bright orange Hypo male (he is really pretty) and an Anery Zigzag Female, related by Mother. The are het for Snow, Striped, Hypo, Ghost, Amel, Motley, Anery, and a bunch of other stuff too. It is a fun project and I get neat babies each year from the breeders, Last year included this Banded Crimson beauty....

Thanks for looking
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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
Hopfam1@aol.com