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I have this Amel corn that hatched from a amelxsnow breeding. It stuck out to me because the red blotched from the vent back lacked any color:shrug01:. I wanted to know if this is commom, or it if is something i should hold back. Out of 30 eggs he was the only one that had the pattern. Thank you for your time:D
 
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Thank you:). Its intersting to me since the blotches near the tail have no color at all. I think I will keep it anyway:yesnod:. Thay way i can see what it looks like once the yellow pigmentaion come into play.
 
juniorsSerpents said:
I think I will keep it anyway:yesnod
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Very nice looking baby!! :thumbsup:

A good breeding project to put this snake into would be an RO project. A reverse Okeetee also know as albino Okeetee has the look of your snakes tail, but over the entire body. The is a great example of one on the front cover of Kathy Love book Corn Snakes.
 
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reptile_jones said:
A good breeding project to put this snake into would be an RO project. A reverse Okeetee also know as albino Okeetee has the look of your snakes tail, but over the entire body.[/I]
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Not really. What he is seeing in that snake is not uncommon and 99% of the time darkens right up to match the rest of the body. I have seen Amels with that over their entire body as hatchlings that, as they grew, it became dark.

If you want a Reverse Okeetee, start with a Reverse Okeetee. The selectively breeding involved in creating your own line is hardly worth it being it takes generations to get good ROs.

Photo Courtesy of South Mountain Reptiles

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I was just make a general statement about what would be a good project for this snake. The op stated
I think I will keep it anyway
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. That says to me he would like to reproduce and/or improve on what he has.

TripleMoonsExotic said:
the pattern is 100% normal.
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juniorsSerpents said:
Out of 30 eggs he was the only one that had the pattern.
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Well that is not 100%. I do agree that it is common for some amels to hatch out like that.

The photo i posted was to show an example of what the op's Amel could grow up to be. You posted a photo of an very nice extreme example of and RO.

At the end of the day it is up to the Op if an RO project is worth his time or not.
 
Yeah I think RO project is worth my time. I have attached picture's that I took today. The first photos in the orginal post were from when it hatched out. I think Triple moons is right though. Today I noticed little dots of red. It does have nice white borders, so i'll see once the yellow pigmentation come's in. I know its a Amel but it looked nicer then all the other Amels.
 
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I was just make a general statement about what would be a good project for this snake. The op stated . That says to me he would like to reproduce and/or improve on what he has. Well that is not 100%. I do agree that it is common for some amels to hatch out like that. The photo i posted was to show an example of what the op's Amel could grow up to be. You posted a photo of an very nice extreme example of and RO.
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I was simply disagreeing with your statement about the snake being a good candidate for a Reverse Okeetee project. Per the OP, it's already started to lose the minimal white borders at the tail as I had warned him it probably would.

I try to avoid giving people false hopes that their animal is anything above and beyond what it is genetically. :eek: Reverse Okeetees is one of those things that some people often mislabel onto run of the mill Amels.

And yes, the photo I provided is an example of a good RO, like I had said above. South Mountain has some great examples posted in their gallery.

This one in particular is my favorite:

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I think we had a misunderstanding here. I agree that the op amel is not a great starting point for an RO project. When i said "A good breeding project to put this snake into would be an RO project." I meant that RO's are a good project. I took the OP's 1st post as he liked the look. That is why I suggested RO's as a project for his little keeper. You & I both know that a RO is just a line breed Amel to look a particular way.

Reverse Okeetees is one of those things that some people often mislabel onto run of the mill Amels.
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:iagree: I myself would not feel comfortable labeling any Amel as an RO till it was a year old.
 
For sure ill post more pics of the amel:yesnod:. They way it growing it will be about 2 feet in dec. It hatched out on 6/24/09, and it's already eating small hoppers.:) Thank you to both of you very much. For helping me out with this little amel named by my wife as Pinky.:)
 
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