Snake of the Day 04-27-15cc

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These Palmetto eggs may be a little yellow–compared to textbook corn eggs–but next to stark white, they REALLY look yellow.  Of course, they’re fertile, so who cares what color their incubation vehicles are?   Yellow, fertile corn eggs aren’t as rare as some may think, but these are the first yellow ones I’ve received from a Palmetto?

Snake of the Day 05-03-15

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Some of you have seen this snake featured a time or two on my web site in the past few years.  She was captured in the wilds of Florida, and I acquired her when she was a large hatchling.  Two years ago, I bred her to a wild-caught Miami Locality male and got all “wild-Miami-type” progeny.  This year, she was bred to one of the males from that brood and is now gravid.  I’ll keep everyone apprised of the status of those eggs, and hopefully, we have a new mutation here.  BTW, the irises of her eyes match her body color, so she is not an Anerythristic mutant.  

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Same snake in different pose.  Had this been a male, I would naturally have bred it to a Caramel to find out if this’s a Caramel mutation variant, but since I had only this female to start the project, I concentrated on revealing how her atypical colors were inherited.  Since all of the F1 progeny were “wild-type” corns the indication is that we could have a new corn snake gene mutation here.  If I discover this year that her looks are the result of a mutation that is recessive to wild-type, next year I’ll breed a Caramel to her.  If none of those progeny are Caramels from that pairing, it will, of course, indicate that she is not a Caramel mutant.  

Snake of the Day 04-16-15b

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Looking somewhat Miami Tessera (like most hets for Cinder) this beautiful gravid female was produced by Tom and Linda Thompson in 2012 from pairing a Striped Tessera without black to a Peppermint (Amel Cinder).  Her 2015 mate has the same genes–except Tessera–so I doubt any of her progeny will shame her royal heritage?  Thanks Tom and Linda for making this beauty. I brumated her for 13 months last year or she COULD have produced for me in 2014.  Since she was “on-the-fence” for size I elected to let her sleep all last summer.   

Snake of the Day 04-30-15

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This 2012 male Pewter Motley Corn is now 38″ long, eating frozen/thawed adult mice.  The inside eye looks pale, but that’s only because it did not reflect light from the strobes.  His $335.00 usd price includes     

Snake of the Day 04-11-15bb

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This female 2009 proven-breeder Tessera Corn is now 46″ long, eating frozen/thawed adult mice.  She is het for Stripe.  She is visibly ovulated now and must be shipped very soon if you want her to lay eggs for you.  She has not been with a male yet this year, but if she has not sold in four DAYs I’ll be keeping her until she lays eggs for me.  Her $425.00 usd price includes     $old

Snake of the Day 04-28-15

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This male 2014 ?p/s? Key Corn is now 20″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.  He shows barely any Pied-sided features anywhere other than his head, but his father has SOME white on his sides. The head looks like polished Marble or Granite?  His $325.00 usd price includes     

Snake of the Day 05-04-15c

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If you like Lava Tesseras, as most corn snake lovers do, here’s a shortcut to reproduce them.  Het for Lava, this 2014 male Tessera is now 21″ long, eating frozen/thawed pinky mice.  His $185.00 usd price includes