Can you tell how red a neonate corn is going to be?

shaggybill · 10-21-04, 08:49 PM

I think I read somewhere that the more red a neonate has now, the more it will have as an adult, as opposed to the neonates that dont have much red. Is that true, or do the ones without much red now have just as good a chance to develop alot of color?

marisa · 10-21-04, 08:54 PM

Get a amelanistic.

They stay ALL red and orange. But yes if you're dead set on normals, I would pick a baby from a clutch where you can see the parents. If the parents are high red/orange, good chances are the baby will be too. That's the only sure fire way to know, even at that not all babies look exactly like the parents.

Marisa

shaggybill · 10-21-04, 08:58 PM

Wow, that was fast. As soon as I posted, I edited it, and you had already replied.

Yeah, I really want a normal. The pet store near my house has some 12" normals that already have quite a bit of red in them (for babies).

bighillreptiles · 10-21-04, 10:25 PM

here is one of my babys that should be red as red at two monts old

hope this helps

shaggybill · 10-21-04, 10:38 PM

Cool looking snake. I'm not up on the breeding jargon. Does 100% het amel mean that he is amelanistic, or that he's capable of producing amelanistic offspring? Thanks.

madison.s · 10-22-04, 07:36 AM

capable of producing amelanistic offspring

vanderkm · 10-22-04, 09:05 AM

Like Marisa said, knowing the parents is the best way to be sure of body color in a hatchling - but they vary a lot and they change a lot as they mature.

The saddles typically get brighter red but it is very hard to know which ones will be dark red and which will be more orange colored saddles. Those with thick black rims tend to retain them.

In our experience, the background color will be darker orange in those that start out with some background coloration - orange areas between the saddles - and will tend to be lighter orange to tan or greyish in those normals that have very light background with little orange as hatchlings.

good luck choosing a little one -

mary v.

bighillreptiles · 10-25-04, 06:56 PM

to your asnser the mother was a norm and the father was a amaly or red albino so all of the babys will carry one gene from each parent hope this helps . if this baby is breed to an other 100% het amaly then some of the babys will be amaly or red albinos