First corn snake, identification
Hello all!
Well I finally got my first corn snake over a month ago from LLLReptile's retail store in San Diego. I got into snakes after I started watching SnakeBytes about a year ago. I got the snake June 2nd and while it wasn't the exact morph I was looking for (off season I know), she/he is beautiful. When I got her she was labeled as a Plasma Corn Snake. I have just very basic knowledge of morphs and I don't think that's right. She's got red eyes and know she's got Amel in her. Could it be that she's what they call an "Opal" corn? Or maybe she has no other recessive in her and she's just a simple Amel? I'd like to know. Please see pictures of her in my gallery. Her name is Chismosa (nosy) as she stays her in hide yet keeps her head out in the light so she can see what's going on in the room.
She has shed once (complete with eyecaps) since I've had her and is finally doing well eating the smallest pinkies available every five to six days. She is slightly over a foot long. Very curious, docile, and never had struck at me. I may up her size of the pinkies soon as she seems to want more right after I feed her.
Also, is it normal for these albino types to have less vibrant colors the further you go down on the snakes body? Also the neck area of the snake is always smaller than the body?
Thanks for reading and and I hope to get at least one more corn snake when the baby's start hatching this season (I want a Blizzard or Whiteout and/or Bloodred and/or Anery Motley)
Z
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