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Snake of the Day 06-10-13

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The first brood from this beautiful Extreme Reverse Okeetee began hatching on SunDAY, June 9th. In one week, they will have shed and eaten their first meals. A week later, after a second consecutive successful feeding of unaltered frozen/thawed pinky mice, we will begin shipping orders of these beautiful albino corns. Most of our Extreme Reverse Okeetees are amel versions of our Extreme Buckskin Okeetees (like the dark one pictured in the R/H image).

Snake of the Day 06-09-13

Part of a brood of Palmettos the DAY after their first shed. Note that very little color is demonstrated at this age,

but in the coming weeks and months, slowly, colors that are now visible will saturate, and new red smudges will

appear where there was previously no color. Their pinkish ground coloration will change to stark white.

Snake of the Day 06-08-13

I am hoping this corn (hatched three DAYs ago) is a Diffused Sunkissed Kastanie. His parents are the products of pairing a Rosy Bloodred

(aka: Kastanie Bloodred Corn or Diffused Kastanie) to a Sunkissed Corn. I’ll show pix of him again in a year, when we may have a better idea

of his genotype. Naturally, no declarations can be made until results of breeding trials are rendered. It’s only a little more pale than Sunkissed

Bloodreds I’ve hatched, so that may be all he is. Only time will tell.

Snake of the Day 06-07-13

This young female with her eggs shows one of several Terrazzo egg clutches we have in the incubator now.

The sire of this clutch has precious little striping so some of the hatchlings from this pair should have greatly

reduced pattern; like the Terrazzo namesake (formerly known as the Granite Corn Snake). Terrazzos are

expected to begin hatching in early July.

Snake of the Day 06-06-13

The more richly pink Palmetto (head on right) is a Charcoal Palmetto and the paler one (head on left) is a classic Palmetto. The degree of pink ground color has nothing to do with the Charcoal mutation distinction, as I have had both these shades of pink in Palmettos that matured to be equally overall-white. The most obvious marker for the Charcoal Palmetto is the eye being nearly devoid of contrast between pupil and iris (virtually appearing not to have a pupil/iris). Also, the blue undertone showing more prominently than non-charcoal Palmettos through the supraocular scale above the eye is a marker for the Charcoal Mutation in light-colored corns. The Charcoal Palmetto’s eye appears to be a bit large (and may well be), but having no lighter iris, the transition from black eye to white facial scales contributes to exaggerated appearance of the eye’s size. Naturally, the visual distinction between Charcoal and Classic Palmettos will be more obvious in the next six to nine months of ontogeny (maturity). I’ll keep everyone updated on color changes, but we anticipate that all color flecking will be shades of gray and black on the Charcoal Palmetto. I’ll get better shots of the eyes after they shed, to demonstrate how the eyes of Charcoal Palmettos barely (if at all) show the transition of pupil to iris. Unlike most Anery corn snake mutants, many charcoal-type corn snake mutants barely demonstrate a demarcation between iris and pupil. AND btw, neither of these Palmattos have yet sloughed their egg skins.

Snake of the Day 06-05-13

This is the only Amel Palmetto we hatched last year. I will contact the new owner to ask if he will show us a picture of her at 10 months-old now. We plan to have a couple more of the Amel Palmettos again this year.

Snake of the Day 06-04-13

The ultimate Blizzad corn snake lacks all carotenoid yellow coloration and has little or no markings. One of these two Blizzards shows some of its markings (because she is a Snow Blizzard), but neither has any carotenoid yellow. Good ones like these are difficult to find. Most of the Blizzards produced here will mature to have little or no carotenoid yellow and markings.

Snake of the Day 06-03-13

Cayenne Fires (named by Marsha Matthews at Poppycorns.com) are the reddest corns in the hobby. Their overall coloration is thought to be from a red mask mutation.

Snake of the Day 06-02-13

This pair of beautiful Pied-sided Bloodreds graced us with a nice clutch of eggs that will hatch in a few weeks. We should have plenty of nice hatchlings, most of which will look like one or both of their parents.

Snake of the Day 06-01-13

This male Anery Motley is an F1 from the pairing of a Salmon Snow Motley to an Pink Anery Motley. He has a slight Hurricane Motley pattern so some of the progeny of this pair will inherit that pattern variation. Since the female here is a Salmon Snow Het for Motley, the Salmon colors in most of the babies should be off the charts. Eggs are expected to hatch in a few short weeks.