Some corn snake questions.

[Bogertophis]

I have heard of Abbott's but I am still learning the differences between all the morphs. I just love the deeeeeep red I've seen on many okeetee babies and the lovely little markings they have that look like sunny side up eggs lol. Do they typically maintain the dark red into adulthood? Or does it wash out a little?

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They pretty much maintain that color. They just don't start out that way though...they look pretty drab & ordinary as hatchlings, but at least red comes in much faster than yellow. And you can just google-search "Abbott's corn snake photos"...

Corn snakes are generally docile, but unless you're as thin-skinned as a toddler, you can't feel the teeth of a young corn snake even IF they try to bite you...it's more like being pecked by a sunflower seed (that's the size of their head). Long before you can feel their teeth, they'll outgrow defensiveness anyway. They make great pets...& as babies, I've had some that felt more (?) "secure" when fed by hand, literally while cuddled IN my hands. (I'm currently "hand-feeding" 2 of my Florida rat snakes that hatched out of unfertilized eggs last summer. The 3rd one is very defensive still, so she is drop-fed.)

But in any case, most corn or rat snakes feed quite well in their homes on f/t pinkies from tongs.