Snake of the Day 05-30-16

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Because the pie-bald (aka: Pied) mutation is demonstrated in so many serpent species around the world, knowing it will eventually be demonstrated in the corn snake species with white in all body zones, I named this morph Pied-sided because the white is relegated to the sides only.  This Pied-sided (aka: p/s) Bloodred will breed for her last time this year.  Now about 13 years old, she still lays large clutches of viable eggs, but I know in a couple more years that one more clutch could lead to her demise, so she is being retired to enjoy SMR mice without the necessity to make more hatchlings for us.  

Snake of the Day 05-28-16

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Though technically gravid now, the eggs she is showing (via distended scales for most of her body posterior) she has not yet been bred.  I’ll introduce her to her 2016 husband any DAY now.  While shedding events are often good timing markers for ovulation, I don’t wait for those when I can visibly see (or manually palpate) eggs.

Snake of the Day 05-26-16

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This is the mother of the SOTD featured on 08/28/15.  We’re still not sure why the snake in the second picture toDAY looks the way it does, but we get just one of them each year for the past four years from pairing toDAY’s female Anery to a male with the same genes?  Surely we’ll get one–or even two if we’re lucky–this year, unless our luck is reversed, rendering none this summer?  Second Pic . . . 

Snake of the Day 05-25-16

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Produced by TARA SMITH, this Amel isn’t outwardly remarkable for its mutation, but knowing she is het for Micro Pave changes all that.  She–and some of her sisters–should grace me with MP mutants this year.  It’s difficult to type with crossed fingers, but in this hobby one gets used to it.     

Snake of the Day 05-23-16

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The genetic equivalent to Snow and Blizzard, when a snake possesses both paired copies of Cinder and Amel, the result is the Peppermint morph.  Later this summer we’ll have 2016 hatchling Peppermint corns for sale.   This particular color version is the most popular in this morph.  

Snake of the Day 05-22-16

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We should have several broods of Honey corn snake types this year.  In addition to Honey (Sunkissed Caramel) we should have Motleys, Stripes and perhaps other variants of this beautiful color morph.  This gold-on-gray version is particularly favored in the hobby, but the yellow-on-yellow versions are also popular.   

Snake of the Day 05-21-16

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I think the last time I bred Striped Sunglow Motleys was the year that Rob and Louise Stevens of Bayou Reptiles retired from the hobby (I sure miss my old friends).  I keep many corns that I don’t breed for one reason or another (usually because their market performance trends were lazy when they fell from consumer favor), this year I’ll resurrect some of them (like Striped Sunglows) to test the market waters.