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| bromber |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 00:35:05
Hello all.
Names Mark and have my 1st Corn, in fact my 1st snake. Came by it from my son (btw im 50 yrs old) who walked in one day with it, and 3 days later moved in with girl friend and left Snakie ( thats his/her name) here. So I have a new pet.
Have grown to adore Snakie, and I can sit for hours watching it. Snakie is about 4-5 months old about 1.5 feet (messaured from it last shred yesterday)we got him at around 1 month old, and just re-housed him into a 30 inch viv. I have been told I could of left him in the starter tank it came in but im a great beleaver in giving pets plenty of room to stretch. Watched him for about 2 hours exploring every inch and he seemed to be in no way distressed about the extra space.
Snakie seems to enjoy being petted, infact if i rest my hand on the bottom of the viv with in mins his climbing up my arm, he feeds well and every shred has gone well.
All that said im only confused by one thing and thats his morph, the person my son got the snake off says its an albino, but from one of the posts in here showing all the morphs im not sure, im thinking it looks more like a snow. But as I've said 1st sanke so I have no idea.
Heres a photo if some one could shed some light on his morph that would be great.
Any way the forum looks great with friendly people and lots of advice and help, thanks for all that.
And this is the viv
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| andy |
Posted - 06/01/2013 : 18:06:45
hiya, its a cracker |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 06/01/2013 : 12:42:19
HUGE WARNING!!!!! The site Lupi linked to is absolutely fab and the same one I would have advised... but IF YOU LOOK AT IT YOU WILL WANT LOADS MORE CORNS!!! :p |
| lupi lou |
Posted - 06/01/2013 : 12:38:15
Hi and welcome, beautiful snake and very nice looking viv.
this sites good for morphs and the genetics side of things: http://iansvivarium.com/morphs/species/elaphe_guttata/?sid=69dd7e1029efec1ff16cf29739cfed5a
although i must warn you all the pictures of the snakes can proved to be a bit of a temptation :-) |
| bromber |
Posted - 06/01/2013 : 10:12:17
Thanks smart bunny, sounds like i be doing a lot more reading up about this if you have any links to a good site about how and why the dif pigments work would be grateful, |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 06/01/2013 : 09:56:23
Hi and welcome :) Just for information - some people do call snows albinos. The problem with snakes is they have 2 pigments not just melanin like us, so if a snake has no melanin it is an amel (amelanistic) which some people call red albino, and if no erythrin it is anery (anerythristic) which some people call black albino. I think the albino terms are used more over in the US but am not sure. So yes, your snake is definitely a snow which means it has no melanin OR erythrin, and some people would call it an albino :) |
| Okeetee Mick |
Posted - 06/01/2013 : 08:06:05
Welcome to the forum |
| kev 5 |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 15:35:06
hello and welcome |
| Blackcat |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 13:03:34
Hello and welcome  |
| bromber |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 11:08:30
Thanks all for the wonderful welcome. And am grateful for the confirmation on his morph.
Will post more photos ( in the correct part of the forum) once his out as his just had his feed, |
| Callazagy |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 10:29:01
Hi & Welcome |
| herriotfan |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 10:05:13
Hi and welcome.
Lovely looking snow you've got.
I also caught the snake addiction later in life....in my 50's. |
| Razee |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 09:36:41
Welcome to the forum, for you and Snakie, he looks lovely.
Like Moppet said, the shed tends to stretch, I read somewhere that you get an approximate length of the snake, if you deduct 10% of the length of the shed. Hope that helps :-) |
| Moppet |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 07:15:51
yep,he does look like a snow. I really like his Viv,lots of cover for him. If you measured his length by the shed it might not be accurate as the skin tends to stretch when they shed. He sounds like such a friendly snake :)
Welcome to the forum |
| coxymk2 |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 06:25:13
Hello and welcome sounds like you have got the bug soon be wanting more lol |
| Jayclk |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 03:16:58
Hi and welcome me tow waited over 20 years the get the first |
| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 03:04:35
Hi and welcome |
| gmac |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 01:35:31
welcome along, and as Paulie mentioned snow for me too |
| Donnie |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 00:49:12
Hello and welcome |
| paulie78 |
Posted - 05/01/2013 : 00:46:53
Snakie is indeed a snow lol welcome to the forum and your never too old to get your first snake ive waited over 20 years before getting mine lol (im 34) |
