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Red123
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
2030 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 15:31:29

Do all ghost corn have blue/grey eyes? Does the eye colour change as they grow from hatchling? And do anery corns all have brown eyes? Just not sure on Keiths morph. Thought he was an anery but he has changed colour so much over the last 2 sheds I am beginning to wonder. He is coming up for 6 months now but looks totally different.

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ilovemypets1988
Hatchling

United Kingdom
328 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 15:50:26

silly question, but could he be going into shed again by any chance

herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5853 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 16:13:21

Anery snake start off as black and white hatchlings, then as they mature they change and go a brownish colour with yellow under the chin and along the side.

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Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
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2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
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Red123
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
2030 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 16:37:57

No its not because he is in shed. He was black and white but now his black is more of a dark grey but more of a purple tinge to it in the middle of his patches and his white is a pale grey. He has developed a large amount of yellowing down both sides of his body stretching almost half way down the length of him. His underneath is still black and white check. Its just that i saw some pics of an anery about the same age and that one still appears to be black and white.

ilovemypets1988
Hatchling

United Kingdom
328 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 17:43:13

oh ok, it was just an idea thas all, im no profeesional, so i was just going by what i do know

herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5853 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 18:01:28

Well put Red123, maybe my choice of brownish should have been purpleish/greyish/brownish!! He may well look different to another anery of the same age, it could be that he's shed more. Their colours develope more with each shed. Also the colours on the same morph can vary quite a lot. My anery motley stripe looks much different to how she was as a tiny hatchling. Her yellow is increasing with each shed. She's even getting a cute yellow nose!!

Sta~ple
qeeun speler

United Kingdom
6129 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 18:27:40

Both my anerys have grey eyes, adult and child.

A very special super, duper thanks for K :3

tehbunneh
Hatchling

United Kingdom
390 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 19:03:29

My anery has a very dark greyish-brown colour to his eyes. He's very different to a lot of Anerys I see his age too; his saddles are an almost burgundy colour, with a very purple-ish grey base. He doesn't have much yellow either, down his neck. His belly is white and black cheques. There is some speculation from when he was bought that he may be het Lavender, which may have affected his colours somewhat, but we just aren't sure.

EMZ - WORCESTER, UK

3.2.0 Corn Snakes
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0.1.0 Taiwanese Beauty
Taiki (CB11)
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Red123
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
2030 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 19:03:47

OK thanks, looks like he is an anery then. Can snakes of the same morph have different colour eyes then? Just being curious now.

Sta~ple
qeeun speler

United Kingdom
6129 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 19:12:04

I guess ghosts have the same eye colouring as anerys to be honest, maybe a bit lighter. Never seen a corn with blue eyes though unless in shed. They would I guess have the same kind of colour eyes, not exact. Not too good at explaining stuff *_*

I've never noticed my snakes eyes changed but then again I may not since I see them every day lol

A very special super, duper thanks for K :3

Red123
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
2030 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 19:18:20

Just wondering because Sid a normal has amber eyes (the iris) but Patricks eyes are grey/blue (the iris) you can just make out Patricks eyes if you look closely at pic in my signature.

Edited by - Red123 on 01/02/2011 19:22:22

mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!

United Kingdom
2901 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 19:50:06

The eyes generally don't change much, different morphs have different eye colours, aneries tend to be grey ish, maybe with a tinge of blue, sort of a slate colour.
Morphs of a morph, like ghost or hypos generally will have a lighter version of the single trait.
There is a section in the corn book about eye colour, the Kathy love one, also if you van find a morph guide then it will be in there too.
As for overall colour, type 1 aneries develop a fair amount of yellow on their neck and flanks, type 2, charcoal, tend to develop more purple. On the whole though, aneries tend to stay shades of black and white, not so much brown, brown is a shade of red, and true aneries have no red.

Location : Worthing, West Sussex

eeji
The Morph Master

United Kingdom
4335 Posts

Posted - 01/02/2011 : 22:26:22

heres my ghosts eye, photo taken when she was a baby: