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| cherry-milkshake |
Posted - 13/07/2009 : 12:34:21
Saw this for sale on a site yesterday - 'Very rare snake - £250'
Hmmm, Ruby Freckled Snow, that sounds amazing, never heard of that before - must be something pretty special for that money - opened the add and this is what I saw:
Someone trying to cash in on a weird looking snow methinks? Or is there any kind of disease that could make it look like that? Maybe I'm being thick and that is an actual morph - I'm sure she's a lovely snake but it doesn't look like any kind of morph I've seen - or would pay £250 for! What do you guys reckon?? |
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| Cornsnakeluver127 |
Posted - 15/07/2011 : 20:35:14
it looks like it has chunks too kout of it ( being the red bits) |
| eeji |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 18:59:46
they're born with the odd speckling ;)
this is the same sort of thing, a 'paradox snow' that has patches of black, which again should be genetically impossible: http://iansvivarium.com/morphguide/paradoxsnow.php
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| Brookestar |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 18:41:49
it is a strain of snow we sorted that out ages ago lol
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| n/a |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 16:11:08
To quote a herp website.....
Ruby Freckled
It is not known what this is genetically. Starts life as a more or less normal Snow cornsnake, but develops patches of intense red speckling. A number of these snakes have been produced, but it's heritability is still in question. |
| hillzi |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 15:37:28
Hmm.. it just looks like an ordinary snow to me, that someones either painted (sounds a bit loopy but to make cash you never know) or it has a snake disease.
I won't be buying. In my eyes it looks quite ugly, rare and expensive or not. |
| Brookestar |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 10:05:39
good look with that |
| n/a |
Posted - 05/08/2009 : 21:30:20
i think its a lovely snake....love the pied thing hopefully will have my own pair of pied sided bloods one day:) |
| SexyBear77 |
Posted - 17/07/2009 : 11:16:51
I'll have 4, what a bargain. |
| eeji |
Posted - 16/07/2009 : 23:27:41
deal ;) |
| cherry-milkshake |
Posted - 16/07/2009 : 22:42:59
quote:
Originally posted by eeji
i'm sure i've seen this particular corn up for sale a few years back, but i don't remember what the asking price was :S
....and if you want expensive, the new Tessera morph is asking around £1300! :O
**edit** .....or you could buy my hatchling normals for £300! ;)
Wow - they are gorgeous! Could never afford one though! lol
£300?? For a normal hatchling?? That's a steal! Put me down for two   |
| eeji |
Posted - 16/07/2009 : 19:54:08
i'm sure i've seen this particular corn up for sale a few years back, but i don't remember what the asking price was :S
....and if you want expensive, the new Tessera morph is asking around £1300! :O
**edit** .....or you could buy my hatchling normals for £300! ;) |
| cherry-milkshake |
Posted - 16/07/2009 : 00:24:06
quote:
Originally posted by eeji
its a very rare occurence, because snows shouldn't have any red colouring. it hasn't been proven as inheritable
Ah, now the price makes a lot more sense! I think it's the most expensive corn I've ever seen!  |
| eeji |
Posted - 15/07/2009 : 18:13:05
its a very rare occurence, because snows shouldn't have any red colouring. it hasn't been proven as inheritable |
| Brookestar |
Posted - 15/07/2009 : 16:53:05
looks like it has skin dicease to me but ell has sed it its known as the piebald effect. just read about it in my NEW corn book  its just a mutation of the red pigments |
| HannahB |
Posted - 15/07/2009 : 14:19:00
im kinda fascinated by it tbh...
gotta admit that i did think my lappy screen had some random red blotches suddenly appear on it lol
wouldnt pay that for it tho.. |
| cherry-milkshake |
Posted - 15/07/2009 : 14:08:38
quote:
Originally posted by Ell
It is a corn snake and a rare mutation which causes freckling of colour on the body (usually red on snow corns). They havnt been able to re-produce genetically yet but personally I think it looks odd, like some skin problem.
Its called the "piebald effect" if you want to look it up.
Oh, ok, interesting, thanks! I've gotta agree though - looks like a skin problem  |
| Tizzy |
Posted - 14/07/2009 : 09:11:39
looks like it has love bites to me, not floating my boat at all. |
| Ell |
Posted - 14/07/2009 : 06:05:49
It is a corn snake and a rare mutation which causes freckling of colour on the body (usually red on snow corns). They havnt been able to re-produce genetically yet but personally I think it looks odd, like some skin problem.
Its called the "piebald effect" if you want to look it up.
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| sexychef |
Posted - 13/07/2009 : 19:16:51
it will be that price because it has not been proven yet |
| cherry-milkshake |
Posted - 13/07/2009 : 18:02:17
Me either sexybear - sounds bad but just looks like a breeding experiment gone wrong to me, just wondered if there was something I didn't know and it was actually worth £250 :S |
