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I bought this gorgeous pair of hypos from Jim Stelpflug with SW WI reptiles and they laid a clutch of 7 eggs. 1 went bad, but so far 5 have hatched. I got what appears to be 4 hypos and 1 light grey baby. I will try to take a pic tomorrow, but I warn you my camera takes fuzzy closeups. I have no idea what the parents are het for.

I'm thinking it's a ghost? I really have no idea, I suck at genetics and identification. To me it's just a grey corn :)

any ideas? thanks

Missy
 
Picture didn't show up...though remember with cornsnakes, it can be hard to tell as babies, unless you know what the parents are. Okeetee babies look nothing like they do as adults, and that could hold true for others....

Do you happen to know the parents genetics?
 
Missy, digital cameras take very blurry pictures if there is any kind of movement when you snap it, especially close up. It must be slow shutter speed. Try using a tripod or setting the camera on a hard surface for closeups. If the camera has a delayed shot even better.
Jake
 
Does your grey hatchling look anything like these? If so, it is probably a ghost (these are all ghosts). If so, then you know that both your hypo adults are het amel. The percentages sound right for this as well (hypo het amel X hypo het amel = 3/4 hypo and 1/4 ghost offspring).
 
uhh Susan...

...I think you mean they'd be het for Anerythrism "A"...Anery A+Hypomelanism=Ghost ;*)
 
They do look very similar to what you have pictured!

So they will loose their color then and grow up to be pretty much white colored snakes?

Pretty cool,... though I don't think I'll be keeping them all I haven't the space.

thanks
 
Missymonkey - No, they won't lose their color. Ghosts can actually have alot of color. Here's a pic of an adult ghost with lots of color.

cka - It's a matter of terminology. Normal het amel = Normal het for anery. The addition of the "for" makes the difference. I always used to name hets as to what they would produce, but was corrected several times to name them as to what gene was het. ie, a normal with this genetics (RrBB) is called het amel (the gene that produces red color is het to NOT produce red color = anery). Now, if I'm still naming hets wrong, I wish everyone will make up their minds! It's confusing enough as it is!!:bandhead0
 
Very nice pic!

Mine look a little more greyish than those do. But who knows what will happen after a few sheds!
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Ok I had some spare time so I looked up a few pics of ghosts on Richs site. I see what you guys mean about all that color! Seems like a misleading name to me! But corns can be very misleading too.

Everyone has finally hatched and it looks like I have my hands full of corns!!! Now the question is how many and which ones do I really want to keep? Easier said than done!
 
Missy, if you go over to Rich's site, Serpenco, and look up the morphs, he has about 8 pictures of each one there. Ghosts can vary quite a bit. Most are grey-ish but some are more brown. Maybe you can do some comparison there. I've found his pictures to be quite helpful. ;)
 
Willis said:
cka - It's a matter of terminology. Normal het amel = Normal het for anery. The addition of the "for" makes the difference. I always used to name hets as to what they would produce, but was corrected several times to name them as to what gene was het. ie, a normal with this genetics (RrBB) is called het amel (the gene that produces red color is het to NOT produce red color = anery). Now, if I'm still naming hets wrong, I wish everyone will make up their minds! It's confusing enough as it is!!:bandhead0
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Well I think your messin up your short names. Amel = Amelenistic which is the lack of black coloring. Anery = Anerythristic lack of red coloring. If it's het amel that means it carries the gene to remove the black pigment. If it was het anery that means it carries the gene to remove the red coloring. Well that's an easy way about it anyway. And we won't get into the weirdness of lavender, carmel, or charcol..........
 
badish good news

My female hypo was being a picky eater for the last few weeks. I thought nothing of it because she'd done this in the past. However when I went to clean out her moist peat moss box I discovered five eggs!

Go figure! Just like before she didn't show at all before she laid.

I am slightly concerned about these though. They are smaller and were dimpled. But I've got them in an incubator and they seem to be plumping up. Who knows.

Now I just have my hands full of baby corns with more possibly on the way. And I don't know what to do with them all!

Breeding is fun until you realize that you'll have a dozen or more babies at the end of it all!
 
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