New Addition & First Corn Snake!

[BPdad]

Hi Folks,

I just got my first corn snake this past weekend at the MARS reptile show! I purchased this little guy off of SerpenCo. I must say Rich and his wife are GREAT to work with. They really have their act together when it comes to their corns.

Anyways, I bought a male "Fluorescent Orange" Corn Snake, born in July 2006.

Here's a few pics of the little guy:






Enjoy!

[Kilo]

huh? my albino corn (I just got yesterday) looks almost exactly like that... Ill take pics tommorow I didn't goto work today to pick up my camera. (im sick )

You have a beauty there! g'luck w/him

[JLC]

Nice! Cass is gonna really like that one, too.

[ivylea77]

I saw those and was so tempted to buy one. I was told that they have the most beautiful coloration as they mature with a nice white background. Maybe next year. I got three others instead. A caramel mot, hypo. mot and normal het everything under the sun.


I agree Rich and his wife are wonderful.

[Kilo]

I found a website with a picture of the snake we both have! One being sold as "Fluorescent Orange" and one being sold as "Albino." Can someone help here? which is correct?

http://www.thereptileco.com/catalog/...564d1dba440c82

[BPdad]

ivylea77,

Funnie you say that! That was one of my criteria for selecting a corn snake, " ... bright oranges & reds with a super contrasting background ..."
Rich's wife told me that once this little guy matures out the orange & red will be intense and the white will be as bright as a piece of copier paper.

Your selections sound great, too. There's just so many morphs and best of all most are affordable. We have a Ball Python as well their temperment are super and I'd love to get a morph Pastel or Mojave, but I can't justify or afford laying several hundred to several thousand dollars down for one.

Thanks!

[BPdad]

Kyle,

I'm VERY new at snake keeping, so don't take my word as granite, but what I've been told is you'll see the difference when they mature out. You're right, I had a juvie "Albino or Amel" and a juvie "Fluorescent Orange" side by side the day I bought mine. In the juvie stage there was VERY little difference between the two, but I was assured when they get to adult phase there will be a noticable difference.

This might help you understand a little more about the "Fluorescent Orange": http://www.serpenco.com/shop/custome...b43cd3fa983faf
The "Fluorescent Orange" is definately Amel based, but taken one step further in coloration. Amel's are still beautiful looking as well.

Hope that helps?

[ivylea77]

After talking to Rich the flur. orange coloration is something he has been selectively breeding but yes it is an amel. Just with more intense coloration as it matures.

[Kilo]

Yes that does help... my only issue is that I bought it from a pet store not a breeder. So there is a possibility that mine is not an albino. thanks for that link I saw the pictures of an adult fluorescent orange and that definitely should not be the look of an adult albino corn. thanks again for the help!