TODAY

Today i went to the breeders house and checked out all the baby corns, they had so many differnt ones to choose from !! she had snows,black and white ones,candy and one that was dark red, so after a long time i norrowed it down to one black one that was very friendly and the dark red one i couldent make up my mind so she put the two of them in a differnt cage away from the others so in about 3 weeks (after they eat 3 times and are ready to be sold) i can find them. The black albino one is gorgeous and very friendly but when i imagined my corn snake it was a red one, but the red one hasnt eaten yet and it seemes very skittish but thats ok becuase they are only ten days old and havent been handled that much but i think the black and white one would be a better more easy pet for me.Anyways..enough about the babies, she has snakes in every room, boas,pythons,kings,corns EVERYTHING !! it was like heaven to me

just thought i would share, i really had a great time :)

Very cool man! Sounds like you had a great time :)

I know I would have been in heaven!! Can't wait to see which one you get. Did you get to handle them much?

yeah, i got to handle just about all of them, and i got to handle the parents, the mom is absolutely huge and soo goregeos and the dad is very handsome too, the mom is a black albino and the dad is a snow, i think im goin to end up with the little black one, who knows, i still have three weeks to decide.

I'd love an Anery A Corn or a Bloodred (I'm assuming that's what the red one was?) as well - so I can see your dilemma.

yeah the red one also had dots ( i guess thats a motely ?) the black one is very differnt from all the other blackish corns i have seen, the black is really dark and the white is REALLY white, i have looked everywhere online and tried to find one that looks like it but i cant, i am looking on king snake.com right now and im on page 71 and still havent found one that even comes close. are black albinos rare or somthing ??

Not many use the term black albinos (at least in my experience), but rather call them Anery A. So if you're searching online, you might try that as your search text. Here's some pics:

http://www.cornsnake.net/new/cornprice.php3
http://members.aol.com/guttata319/Ha...ythristic.html
http://www.reptilerooms.com/Sections...41-page-1.html

Could be so white due to age and maybe it will change (become less bright) with age - or that may be that little guys special look.

hmm the pics dont look like him, that pic has alot of grey and it has yellow on it where as the baby is more black and white maybe in a few days i will go and take some pics and post them (if i can figure it out this time and resize them) or i can send them to you personally and maybe you could post them or just send them to you so you can see, well thanks !

wow, for some reason part of your post didnt show up the first time and i only got one link but but now that i read it again it came back,anyways....the third link, the one that has reptile rooms, the anery B charcoal looks like him the one that says lacks all red pigment and yellow.

Sure - that's sounds fine. I know the babies sometimes 'grow into' their colors. I've never seen a young Anery A so perhaps it's the same with them....they develop their color as they get older.

Actually, the picture is an Anery A (Black Albino) - notice the pic is right below the bullet point with the name. The bullet point for the Anery B (Charcoal) does not have a pic under it. I'm starting to think it's a matter of the baby will grow into the colors and maybe pick up some more grey, etc - maybe it will stay a vibrant black and white.

ohh ok i see it now, i found a good pic on kingsnake on page 89 at the bottom "anery" is the name of the pic, its the snake against like an apple cloth backround.

I found the pic - nice snake. I posted on a couple forums to ask if it's possible he will change colors (pick up the grey and/or yellow) or if he may keep is current black and white colors when he gets older. I'm intersted to know myself. I did find this description that now leads me to believe that all Anery A's don't necessarily get the yellow and/or grey color:

Anerythristic corn snakes lack the red pigment of the common variety, leaving a mostly black, gray, and white snake. These are the 'A' type anerythristics, which have some yellow pigmentation.

Looking at all these corn pics is making me start thinking about getting another one. If I did it would either be an Okeetee or a Bloodred. I love the Ghost and Anery A's, but I try to have a variety of colored snakes in my collection and I don't have any red colored snakes.

Well, I already got an answer from 1 breeder. He says he will pick up the yellow as he gets older - but some get more than others. Still gorgeous snakes to me.

And guess what I've been doing the last 1/2 an hour? Staring at Okeetee corn pics! See what you've done? I thought I had my addiction under control! I need help. :)

haha i LOVE the okeetee corns and if i could find one of those i would snatch it up but none of the babies are like that. oh well i wish candy conrs had black eyes, then that would be KINDA close to them,or at least the closest i could get

about the yellow pigment his mom doesnt have it so do you think it will just show up even though nobody related to him has it ? the breeder has alot of family members,even grandchildren of the snakes so ill ask her if anybody else has it, not that it would really matter.

yeah i would like to have a red coloured snake too becuase they are so beatiful, if it was a girl i think i would name it ruby and if it were a boy i would name it tabasco, maybe if i get the candy corn thats what i will name it.

I love those names! Might be a good chance he/she won't get any or much yellow if mom doesn't have any. You might ask her about other snakes related to them.

yeah i will. im goin to call her tomorrow to see if the two she set aside for me ate ( tomorrow is feeding day for the babies) the candies are obviously bigger than the rest which makes me think they are better feeders which is what i want, i definitly dont need a snake that doesnt eat .

i would just get two of them which would make my decision a heck of alot easier , i mean, i have the room and an two extra tanks but my dad wont let me, he said two snakes is my limit for now.

Awww, come on dad. I was going to say it would make your decision easier if you just get them both!

haha it definitly would but they are 40 dolars each and i only have 50 (the money i made this morning) and my parents made some but they said no way.I know im going to be up all night tonight at war with my own mind !!

she has another clutch that should be hatching anyday now and maybe i should wait to see what babies pop outta those eggs but then that would be another few weeks before i get to bring the baby home and i dont really feel like waiting that long, i can barely stand it right now ! haha i didnt know choosing a snake would be so hard. Its differnt with the ball's becuase they all look pretty much the same exept for patterns but there is SO MANY colors of corns !

even though i ama few weeks away from getting the litte guy or gal i find myself preparing, i already have the ten gal all set up, this time i am going the cheap route and i will be using printer paper for substate (either the white or blue) and prolly litte yogurt jars for hides or i might just get some of those litte caves from petco and this time i wont have a 12 dollar decoration in the tank . Every time i clean out roxys cage i spend 10 dollars on eco earth . I wont be changing anything in her cage . but the new baby will cost me alot less money like they say...the first child is the more spoiled one

To keep it cheap at first (since they grow out of the hides), I start my young snakes off with paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls, the plastic flower pot bases (just buy one of each size to last awhile), the plastic tubs from foods (sour cream, butter, dip, etc but the low kind) and old hides from my other snakes.

You guys stink :wink: :P . I've been sitting here reading back and forth looking at the pictures ... now i want one! Those are some good looking corns .. and i've never been into corns :). Thanks for the information as well. Kinda interesting to learn about some of the corn morphs.

I know what you mean, since starting this conversation I can't stop thinking about getting an okeetee - I told myself I was done with buying reptiles. Ugghh!

I've gotten some more responses with nice pics attached if you want to check the threads out:

http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=544047,544047
http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showt...threadid=51178

thanks, i already have some little yogurt cups and toilet paper rolls, right now im doin the cheap thing just to not aggravate my parents and then little by little i will get some nicer things for the cage , really the only money i will be spending is on the snake and heating pad and thats it

deciding is so gosh darn hard i really wish i had the money to get both it would be perfect becuase i have two tanks and i have tons of old plastic yogurt and butter tubs i could use and nespaper is pretty plentiful. But i dont want to push it, they agreed to let me buy it so i dont want to push there buttons to much