Snake of the Day 10-31-17bb

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No, I did not make a Halloween costume for this Scaleless corn.  Didn’t see that she was sporting some eye brows (pseudo horns?) until I took the pic.   Bonus Pic . . .

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Skin was retained from her last shed a few DAYs ago in only one place (the center of her head, between her eyes).  As the scale(s) dried, the lateral corners curled up, giving her this creepy mask effect.  The obsolete head scales pulled right off (meant to be sloughed with the rest of the dead skin generation), of course, but thought you might appreciate a theme pic on this DAY of masquerades??  HoliDAY not-withstanding, the arrangement of anomalously shaped facial scales is unique to each Scaleless corn snake.  As I’ve said before, if we were to genetically design a successful Scaleless corn snake, there is little we could do to improve on what we naturally see in these bazaar mutants.  They have armor in places that would receive the most potential trauma, wear, and damage (around the mouth, rostrum, and belly).  

 

Compared to fully scaled corns, closeups of the faces of some scaleless corns can remind us of Halloween all year long?  Here’s a pic from the same photo shoot as a 2016 S.O.T.D.. A close-up head shot shows more of the facial armor (scales) common to most Scaleless corns; atypically sized and shaped, random, sparsely distributed and not always bi-laterally symmetric scales that are seemingly strategically located to help protect the mouth and rostral junctions from some of the potential infections that would surely plague snakes without scales at critical mouth junctures?  Not exactly a face that even a mother could love, we’re pleased that these scales are around the mouth (and belly) for added protection from wear-and-tear.

  

 

Snake of the Day 11-13-17

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This 2017 female hatchling Honey Tessera is currently 14″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.  One of her parents was tested for Star-gazing gene possession–proven not to carry that gene–but other the parent has not yet been tested.  Note that even though the untested parent has NEVER produced any SG mutants, until proven via breeding trials, like ALL untested corn snakes, it is still suspect as a carrier for the gene mutation, Star Gazing.  Her $225.00 price includes    

 

Snake of the Day 11-12-17

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This 2017 male hatchling Reverse Okeetee is 15″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.  The inset pic demonstrates damage that will be white when it scars over in another few sheds (it never bled).  This damage resulted from rubbing against sharp plastic edges around the punched air holes of his plastic cage.  His $65.00 price includes     

 

Snake of the Day 11-11-17

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This 2017 male hatchling Reverse Okeetee is 15″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.  The head has more color density than the rest of the body (common in corns, but usually not so overt).  The inset pic offers a better pic of the head color and pattern.  His $115.00 price includes     S O L D

 

Snake of the Day 11-10-17

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This 2017 female hatchling Amel Motley corn is 14″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.  The inset picture demonstrates some depigmentation on the head that she had when she hatched.  So far, it has not increased in size, volume or location on the body so I do not expect there to be any latent depigmentation.   Her $95.00 price includes     

 

Snake of the Day 11-07-17

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Parents of this Caramel were het for Scaleless, so this 29″ long female Corn is possibly het for Scaleless.  She’s currently eating frozen/thawed hopper mice.  Her $250.00 usd price includes    

Snake of the Day 11-08-17

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Compared to all of the High-white Reverse Okeetees we’ve featured in the past weeks, this one eclipses them all.  Note how the first 1/3 of his body does not exhibit the usual yellow or orange”stained” white ground zones between markings, as we see in most High-white Reverse Okeetees?  This one ranks among the best ones in the hobby and perhaps the best I’ve ever seen?  Reds in Amel corns are difficult enough to render via selective-breeding, but the white ground color is the toughest result of exhaustive selective breeding. . 

Snake of the Day 11-09-17

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This 30″ male Okeetee is currently eating frozen/thawed hopper mice.  He does not exhibit the broad black blotch margins seen in eXtreme Okeetees, so we’re selling him as a classic Okeetee, though he has a great deal more red than most Okeetees.  His $105.00 price includes