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Picked this little guy up from a friend who just didn't want it anymore... Seems to be in good health. I'm having trouble pinpointing the exact morph. I'm thinking it's some kind of Snow.

By the way, a little background on me. I don't breed, I keep snakes strictly because I love having them around as pets. I've had two ball pythons for 9 years now, both were bought at the same time. Before that I had a Florida King, Redtail Boa... Couple others... But I'm loving this little guy.

So, any info you guys wanna shoot my way I would really appreciate.

Thank you in advance.

-Will

P.S... Need help naming him! My Pythons are Peanut and Bubba.. Help me out!!!

One more shot....

Pretty little snow corn you have there!
Jeff

thought so... thanks Jeff!!

Yes, it certainly does look to be a snow (anery type A x amelanism) as Jeff mentioned. Now that many different triple and quadruple corn morphs have become far more common in the hobby, there is a possibility of there even being other morph gentics involved too, there's just no knowing this or not without knowing the genetic background of the two parents that produced it.

Just going by it's visual phenotype though which is all anyone can do, there is no doubt it's at least a "snow" for sure. If you bred it with some other morphs you could possibly get some surprises as well.

Even snows can be extremely variable in their saddle blotching intensity, as well as their variables of pink, green and/or yellow highlights.

Anyway, it is a nice looking snake that seems to be nice and healthy, so have fun with it!

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

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"some are just born to troll and roll"

Thanks for the information. I've been reading up more on corns and it seems you are correct, it's becoming increasingly more difficult to eye-ball a specific genetic morph (so to speak). Of course I knew that it has gotten deep, being as how I've been a reptile enthusiast since I was about 6 (I'm almost 30 now, wow where has the time gone!!!??)...

Anyway, I never realized how big the 'morph' game is outside of ball pythons. Since some of those genetic mutations can get you rich, I assumed that was the main purpose. But, with the corn snakes it seems like prices are all fairly low when dealing with the right person, and there is so much information out here on the interwebs that I'll never be able to collect it all. I would be interested in trying to produce some baby snakes some day, however I think I would stick to ball pythons. For now, I'm just content knowing that if not for me, another pretty little snake would be stuck in an unfit environment. The guy I got it from had no clue what he was doing... And the more I tried to help, the more annoyed he got with me. Obviously he didn't care much at all, because a couple of days later he showed up at my door complaining that it wouldn't eat and he didn't want it anymore. When I asked what he was trying to feed it, the answer I got was "mice." As in adult, live mice. I've had it for just over a week now and it successfully ate a thawed hopper, shed perfectly, and defecated in the water bowl! Sounds like a happy snake to me!

Yeah, the snake hobby has changed drastically since I started keeping snakes back in 1966-67 at age 6..LOL! Breeding snakes was never even a thought back in those days. Just to own a few cool snakes that I captured or my mom's friends husband gave me was what fueled my passion for snakes. I also remember drooling over many of the photos in some snake books I had...

Also, good for you that you thought about the quality of life the snakes might have that you bring into the world.

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

"some are just born to troll and roll"