Creamsicle Corn Snake

[infernalis]

Garters have already began acquiring "new" funky names.

And I guarantee that out there somewhere is someone trying to cross Florida's with Puget's, or Puget's with Flames, etc...

Some more elite breeders call them "mutts" and others will just make up names.

"morphs" are genetic anomalies that left to nature are extremely rare.

But through the friendly interference of man, it has become a lot less rare. Someone will pair together 2 albinos that would have never met in nature and breed them, babies are born and 4 show albinism, of which say 3 are females and one is male, now the breeder will "back breed" and use little junior to impregnate all the females, the resulting litters wind up with very high ratios of albinos.

Then someone else will cross the albino with something different to try and recess the melanin gene, creating something new.

The word "Cherry" is already being used to describe a garter. Olives, butterscotch and lemon will probably follow..

Regards,
Wayne

[Snake lover 3-25]

hmmmmm interesting!!!

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

lol scott's cherry erythristic?

The word "Cherry" is already being used to describe a garter. Olives, butterscotch and lemon will probably follow..

Regards,
Wayne

[infernalis]

Yup THAT one

[drache]

oh my, Scott, cherry???
okay, okay - I see the connection
I was thinking lipstick and nail polish, but I believe the lingerie industry uses that colour also, so garters . . .
I'm mollified - sort of

[Charlet_2007]

Well, I went out and snapped a quick pic of my cornsakes since we were on the subject. They dont all live together- this was just for the pic. The anery is the male- almost 4 feet long, the other 2 are females, maybe a little under 3 feet.
I tried to get one of those cute group shots where they all are looking at the camera- not a chance, that could have taken all day!

whats the light colored red orange and white one called?

[lestat]

Great looking corn snakes. i like corn snakes and it was a choice between Garters and corns but my first snakes were garters and they are very active and so interesting to keep.

[adamanteus]

Great looking corn snakes. i like corn snakes and it was a choice between Garters and corns but my first snakes were garters and they are very active and so interesting to keep.

There speaks a wise man!

[infernalis]

My first ever PURCHASED snake is our little corn "CY" (look close, his name is on top of his head).



CY is very handsome, I love his colour, but HE DOES NOTHING until I go to sleep, then he comes out and plays in the dark, leaving all kinds of evidence that he was very active AT NIGHT.

Now Garters on the other hand, Magma, Melanie and the Radix pair are sitting about 8 inches to my left right now, as soon as I turn on the light, they all start moving about, every once in a while, moving to my end of the tank and checking me out.

The other tanks come to life as well, The Garters and Dekays all put on a show during the day.

My only non garter that does any of this would be Limon, Asian green snakes are also diurnal and he eats worms, so maybe there is a garter soul trapped in there??

The Milks and the Python prefer nocturnal activity, but don't seem to mind too much if I reach in and show them to people, they just retreat quickly back to the hide as soon as you put them back.

The garters have even wrapped around my fingers as if to protest being placed back in the cage, and Xena is a real pain to try and put back in, she will grab my fingers and constrict them until I raise my hand back out of the tank.

So there is pretty, and there is pretty smart, I was going to give some money to a milk breeder, but when it was all said and done, well we know where the money went.

Crimson Milks and Blood corns would have cost less to buy initialy, But the flame garter was a better choice and will cost less to keep in the long run.

And that hue, such a bright red......

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow that's so cool you got his name right off his head!!!! good that you make the choice to love garters the best!!!