Look what followed me home from the reptile show today...

This is my new male snow corn named Chile. He's an '02 and weighed in at 109 grams. I couldn't get a measurement on him, but I'd guess 24 inches minimum . He was being fed 1 crawler a week. I'm new to corns, so does he sound like he's on track sizewise?

He's got pinkish coloring on top and just before you get to his belly there's yellow. My boyfriend saw him and said 'albino'. I know he's not, but it got me thinking - what is the difference between albino, leucistic, snow and blizzard?

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What beauty!! Very irrestible. Unfortunately I can't answer your questions.

No prob - thanks for looking! :)

Very nice looking fella! I also, can not answer your questions though :D

Blizzards are all white with red eyes. Lucys are all white with blue or black eyes. And snows are pink and white with red eyes, they get a bit of yellow also.

Thank you - I was kind of on the right track. Are there albino corns - or are these kind of the blizzards and snows?

Beautiful corn!

The differences have to do with what genes an animal carries. "Albino" means they lack the gene that makes brown or black coloring. "Axanthic" means they lack the gene that makes yellow and red. So...if you put those two together, you get a "snow" that lacks both genes. Now, this is relative to bp genetics. I don't know if they use the same terms to mean different things with corns. And I'm not sure where "blizzard" fits into it all...but I'm sure it's just another term to describe some sort of specific genetic combination.

Congrats on the beauty!

i have a question for anyone that nos snow corn snake . my question is at petco were im from they have baby snow corns but they say they bite i would like to no do it hurt and how do it feel and how come they bite.

Awesome snow.

Are you SURE! 24'' and an 02? That is extremely small holy crap!

My old Corn was like 18'' and about 2ft in like 4 months.........wow.

Snakelover: Put your hand in the tank and find out.

Yeah, he's a really late '02 - almost an '03. I got a really good measurement on him the other day and he's actually 29 inches.

Hmm still for a late that means its a year old.

Oh well as long as you feed him properly it should grow out to an average size.

I re-weighed him the other day and the reading was 154 grams. That's 45 grams more than the day I brought him home - must have messed up the first weighin. I should have no problem getting some weight on him - he eats with more gusto than my kingsnakes. He about flys out of the cage.

do snow corn snakes bite

Anything with a mouth can bite. Just like other snakes if you provoke it (have the scent of prey on you, etc) it may bite. But corns in general are a species that is less likely to do so - say compared to bullsnakes, etc. But then again just like people they are each individuals. Many can be calmed/tamed with regular handling and respect. A lot of snakes are more jumpy and nippy when young, but grow out of it. Mine is as gentle as can be. I've never heard anyone attribute a more agressive behavior to a particular corn snake morph.

how would a snow cornsnake bite fill

Out of my 7 snakes I've been bitten 0 times. So I can't really answer that. Have you ever been bitten by a snake yourself?

NO I HAVEN'T

Well I've always heard the bites aren't as bad as you'd think.

But if bites are your main concern, maybe you should try something else instead, like a leopard gecko.

i dont think it would hurt to bad, i havent been bitten by a corn snake but i have been bittin by a baby burm and that didnt hurt very much.

A bite from an adult corn snake is like a scratch from a thorn bush, bites from subadults are even less than a scratch and a bite from a neonate is nothing. With nonvenomous snake bite, I worry more about the snake hurting its mouth or jaws than it hurting me.

Beautiful corn snake!

Thanks John! He is evern more gorgeous in person. I need to try and get some new/more recent pics. He's eating small adult mice now and getting bigger by the day.

I'm with you - I'm more worried about my snake getting injured or by me accidentally hurting a snake if it bites me than I am about being biten myself.

it opens its mouth and closes it on skin.

By the way BEAUTIFUL Corn Snake!

Thanks!

nice looking corn


and, well, you dont always have to say "snow corn" bite, because a corn is a corn, no matter what the colors are, the bites would alll feel the same

and a bite is barely noticable, just startleing, so if one does bite you, especially a baby, dont jerk your hand back, it could injure your snake

and they dont just come out of no where and bite you, you normally know when they are pissed off, or are guna bite, they get reall tense, then get into the "S" position, and flicker their tongue like crazy, then BAM ! you dont even know what happened

He's gorgeous! But I must admit that he does look a bit small.

Come to find out he was born like December '02. I need to get an accurate weight on him, because now I'm wondering if any of those weights were right. He moves too much and I need to put him in a bowl or something instead of trying to just sit him on the scale. He's growing pretty well. I've had him on small adult mice the past few feedings. He is the most aggressive feeder I've got - even more than my kings. He practically jumps out of the tub.

It is a beautiful snake though!

He's so docile too. A neighbor came over the other day and Chile let the guy touch him on his head w/o even the slightest reaction.

That's awesome!