Butter Corn Question

[Colonel SB]

I just had a few questions a bout butter corns. I wanted to know how you create one and who first produced them?

[vanderkm]

Butter corns are homozygous for the caramel gene and homozygous amelanistic. The caramel gene first showed up in a female that Rich Zuchowski (SerpenCo) purchased and bred - giving rise to caramels when not amelanistic, ambers when paired with hypomelanism and butters when amelanistic. As far as I know he was the first to produce butters from this line.

Hope that helps. Butters are really pretty snakes - hard to photograph well I find, but very dramatic in person, especially when they are mature.

mary v.

[Andy_G]

If you are planning on butters, I reccomend getting them from Darren Boyd, he owns Reptile Rainforest and has the nicest butter corns I have ever seen, and at a good price too! He is located in the Ottawa area. His website is www.thereptilerainforest.com

[Invictus]

Thanks for the link, Andy_G... he's got a few snakes I might be ordering... :)

[Colonel SB]

Awsoem thanks for the link :)

[Andy_G]

For the record, Darren is the nicest, most honest guy around. Whenever I have a problem with my snakes he is always willing to help out in any way he can. He won't sell you an unhealthy animal. ;)

[Invictus]

Does he ship to Alberta?

[Andy_G]

http://www.thereptilerainforest.com/Termsandworms.html

That link brings up what you need to know Invictus.

He has shipped to Vancouver Island before so I would guess the answer is yes. :)

[Smilts]

cool link, thanx