My sister's new Miami Phase Corn!

Well since I got my MBK, my sister has been wanting to get a snake too, and since I already have enough knowledge for it, I will teach her and help take care of it. We went to a breeder near us, and he was very good. We checked out a Sinaloan(sp?) milksnake but she didn't like it as much as this. I asked to see if he had any blood red corns, and the closest he had was a Miami Phase baby, and a 14 month old Miami Phase. She is beautiful and very calm and loves to be held. If anyone is curious, with Snake Measurer she came out as 46" (3' 10") She named her Leila. Here are some pics!

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Last pic the temps are high because its really hot out. I can't hook the heatpad up yet cause we couldn't get a thermostat today.

She's gorgeous....I see an addiction forming. LOL. How old is your sister? I don't see many people posting pics of Miami corns. They are gorgeous!

She is 19 ^_^ I'm 20 and my older sister is 23. My older sister is the one who is scared of snakes but she kinda liked this one. The breeder she got her from is just very good. Everything is Captive Bred, and the guys mother cleans every cage and makes sure everyone is fed and taken care of so they are all VERY used to be handled. This guy has 6 10' Retics and a couple Burmese around the same size. He has an Alligator in a huge closed off room, and the thing tried to eat me today o_O He also has a baby Nile Croc and a huge parrot. He has tons of stuff, just TONS ^_^ I may get my BP from him, dunno yet.

That's great. I love to hear of female snake lovers (I'm a women by the way) - especially when they are young girls. I can't stand girls/women who act too 'girlie'. Not that I was ever a tomboy (on the contrary), but when it comes to a creature that is already misunderstood it bothers me when I hear of people perpetuating the misconceptions. That guy (and his mom) sound great......I can't imagine that many large snakes!

Yeah he owns a few full grown retics too I think and burmese too but they aren't in the shop there. He has around 4 half grown Burmese too I think. He also has a blood python, a black head python, a green tree python in a nice display case ^_^ Red tail boas, a buncha kings, corns, milks, rats in the back with the babies. Also has a couple chameleons and a few gecko's and a bearded dragon, as well as a frilled dragon, 800$ O_O. He has a buncha tropical fish and a snapping turtle too.

Now that's a petstore!

I am also led to believe that he owns several cobras and other venomous snakes. He has several photos on the wall of cobras and what also look like vipers, but I'm pretty sure they aren't in the store.

OMG I can't believe I forgot the poodle ^_^ They have a brown poodle too that just runs around and the parrot is allowed to sit out of his cage cause hes very tame, just sits there ^_^

They said the alligator doesn't like anyone. I guess I got too close and she got protective and tried to eat me O_O I hope she didnt get hurt slamming against the plexiglass wall o_O Scared the crap out of me for sure.

I also have to say I wish I had borrowed my grandfather's soldering iron to do holes for my tank o_O It was sooooo much easier to just burn a buncha holes in there and not have to sand them down or anything cause the edges on the inside were smooth. Only problem is I burned my finger on it cause I wasn't thinking >_< I had about 12 holes left and I touched a small metal part, *not the tip* man it burned for so long o_O Then later I was setting up a small rack so I can keep Leila in my room during the summer, I was trying to put it together and I pinched the skin right under my thumb >_< Now both my hands are injured lol

LOL. All a part of the joys of learning from our snakes.

So.....what's your next snake going to be - a BP? I'm always planning/thinking about what to get next.

My next snake is going to be a BP for sure. I think if I can take care of Elysia and now Leila, I can handle a BP that is a guarenteed feeder. As soon as I sell my drumset I'm going to splurge and get a BP ^_^ Probably sometime next month.

Captive Bred BP's are so docile its unbelievable, all the ones I have handled so far just sit there in my hand ^_^ I want one so bad O_O

Sorry. That was wierd. Everytime I hit 'submit' I was directed to the websites home page and my post didn't show so I didn't think it had worked.

Guess it did...and then again...and then again :oops:

My BP is the sweetest snake! I just wish he didn't hide quite as much as he does. I'm not a night owl so I only get to see him come out for a bit each night. But I still love him!

Lol thats ok no worries. If it bothers you, you can always go and edit them to have nothing in them ^_^

Yeah I used to be a night owl, not anymore though. I get to see Elysia for an hour or 2 at night before I go to sleep, and for about 30min during the day when I handle her. She used to hide under the newspaper alot but the last few days shes been in her hides, she is such a good girl ^_^

And Leila was pretty adventurous when we first put her in her tank but she finally settled down, where else, but under the newspaper lol. But its much easier to find her considering shes 3 times the size of Elysia ^_^ We will have to get heavier hides so she can't move them around. I don't think she feels safe in the plastic ones.

Nice Corn! Definitely not a Miami phase, but a very nice normal nontheless. :)

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Nice Corn! Definitely not a Miami phase, but a very nice normal nontheless. :)

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I was wondering that too. I found only one place that said miami could have a tan background, all the other sources I found said a silver-gray backgroun. She's gorgeous either way.

Beautiful corn snake!! That place you talked about sounds awesome! You should write about them in the Inquirey forum with their name and location so anyone else local to you can find them!

Tiger, I fixed the weird blip for ya. I had it do that to me once the other day, too. Guess the server had gas or something. LOL

Hate to disappoint ya Alkaurkharim, but I would have to agree. That is a very nice looking Normal Corn. Sorry, but it does not look like a Miami Phase. If it is, it has a lot of Normal Corn genes in it. Miami Phase Corns have a Grey background with the reddish orange saddles. they do not have any orange in their background color. But a very Nice looking snake non-the-less. Here is a Miami Phase Corn http://members.tripod.com/~Draybar/miami2.jpg

I am well aware that a typical Miami Phase has a silver ground color and red saddles. But they can also have tan backgrounds as well. I have had 3 breeders including my own, say that it is indeed a miami phase. Here is another pic of a tan miami phase for reference.


http://www.serpenco.com/shop/custome...7e846f407149ac

Well she is beautiful either way.
I myself don't ever get into the different colubred morphs. Althou some I must say really catch my eye.
She is beautiful thou. I am glad you found a great store close to you.
Thanks
Rusty

Nice lookin' corn! I was thinking of getting a Corn Snake. But htan I found out about bps. But I still hope to get one someday. I love the miami phase, really awsome lookin'!

One word: GORGEOUS.