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 #1722952


HENRYANDROSEY
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 What are the most interesting corn snakes available to date?

I current have a motley and a anerythristic corns. Both are housed together and have recently breeded-12eggs

Before anyone says DONT HOUSE THEM TOGETHER! I know but i am.
05/02/08  05:17am

 #1722953


HENRYANDROSEY
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   Message To: HENRYANDROSEY   In reference to Message Id: 1722952


 What are the most interesting corn snakes available to date?

What sort of snakes will i be expecting (morph, etc) i would have a guess at Miami, maybe.

Can anyone help me with this please?
05/02/08  05:19am

 #1722956


Jessica71
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   Message To: HENRYANDROSEY   In reference to Message Id: 1722953


 What are the most interesting corn snakes available to date?

You’ll get normals if there are no hets. Miami is a specific look of normal and you wouldn’t even necessarily get those from breeding two Miamis.

Once again, it’s not recommended that a female is double clutched on her first year breeding, so even if you put them back together this winter, I don’t recommend keeping them together for the rest of the breeding season. Double clutching puts a big strain on a female and there is always a risk with any clutch of egg binding, with possible death as a result - especially if she lays more slugs, as females often do on a second clutch, as slugs increase the risk of egg binding. I know you don’t want to hear this, but I don’t feel you’re doing the best thing for your female and I feel that for her sake I must say so. It seems as if you don’t want to buy another setup.
05/02/08  05:28am

 #1722957


Looney-45
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   Message To: HENRYANDROSEY   In reference to Message Id: 1722953


 What are the most interesting corn snakes available to date?

I think you would get some anerys and some motleys. I’m only just learning obout hets and still a long way off yet.

Is their any known hets?
05/02/08  05:30am

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Looney-45
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   Message To: Looney-45   In reference to Message Id: 1722957


 What are the most interesting corn snakes available to date?

Haha a VERY long way off...lol
05/02/08  05:32am

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HENRYANDROSEY
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   Message To: Looney-45   In reference to Message Id: 1722960


 What are the most interesting corn snakes available to date?

what is hets



05/02/08  07:38am

 #1723669


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   Message To: HENRYANDROSEY   In reference to Message Id: 1722992


 What are the most interesting corn snakes available to date?

Hets; This is a shortened form of the word heterozygous. This is a genetic term meaning that a particular trait, let’s use albino for example, is carried by a snake. The snake may look like a normal, or other type of snake, but the albino characteristic is hidden.
Just by you asking what this term means, I’m not so sure that breeding is a good idea for you at this point in your hobby. There are many aspects to breeding that I’m certain you are not aware of. Just because you CAN breed your snakes doesn’t necessarily mean you SHOULD breed them. In the end, the only one that stands to really lose is your snake.
I’m not trying to insult your intelligence or experience, but you clearly do not have a firm grasp of genetics yet. Luckily, with corns there are not too many genetic flaws floating around that are of the lethal variety. But there are problems that can occur.
Do yourself and your snakes a favor and hold off on trying to double clutch.
Also, breeding a motley to an anery will give you all normal looking hatchlings that are 100% het for both traits.
05/02/08  10:19pm

 #1723748


Jessica71
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   Message To: Kojak   In reference to Message Id: 1723669


 What are the most interesting corn snakes available to date?

I couldn’t agree more, Kojak. I wasn’t going to answer this because I can’t see the point. This is someone who not only doesn’t know anything about corn snakes, but is obstinate, antiauthoritarian (thinks his own experience is more important than people’s experience who have kept corns for years) and doesn’t want to learn. He should just read it up himself instead of wanting the easy spoon fed answer.
05/03/08  12:23am

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ScyllaCharybdis
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   Message To: Jessica71   In reference to Message Id: 1723748


 What are the most interesting corn snakes available to date?

That is what I won’t be answering any more questions from this Knuckle-Head!
05/03/08  03:15am


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