Snake-of-the-Day Oct. 6, 2012

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Each DAY at 11:00 am. ct (GMT – 5) we will post a different SMR snake being offered at a special price.

All snakes will be chosen for their rarity and/or unique beauty.

Snakes posted in this daily feature will be exempt from shipping expense.

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toDAY’s SNAKE of the DAY (Sat. Oct. 6, 2012)

#100612

Creamsicle Okeetee

Female

d.o.h. 2011
26″ long on October 5, 2012

$140.00 shipped

Comments: Eating unaltered frozen/thawed fuzzy mice.

This snake is in good health (not under or over-weight, no parasites or diseases that we are aware, no injuries or defects, and routinely feeding on unaltered frozen/thawed mice).

If we have noticed that the snake listed has any temperament or behavioral issues other than human-friendly, it will be detailed Comments above.

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HYBRID

Creamsicle Okeetee (no aka)

Most Commonly Used Name: Creamsicle Okeetee

Mode of Genetic Inheritance: Recessive Amel + Emory’s Rat Snake & Selective Variation

Morph Type: Single recessive HYBRID Amel Mutation + Selective Variation

Eye Color: RED pupils

Formerly considered an intergrade of what were formerly two corn snake subspecies (Elaphe guttatus guttatus X Elaphe guttatus emoryi), Creamsicles are the final product of crossing the Emory’s Rat (aka: Great Plains Rat Snake) snake with an Amel corn. Since the new taxonomic classification assigns distinct species status to both, (Pantherophis emoryi and Pantherophis guttatus), Creamsicles are now officially considered HYBRIDS. ANY progeny from Creamsicles or any corn snake that have any degree of Emory’s Rat Snake genetics, is considered a HYBRID. The albinos are called Creamsicles and the non-albinos are called Root Beers.

Beyond the HYBRID product of AMEL corn and EMORY’S RAT SNAKE, Creamsicle Okeetees have distinctively saturated orange colors, separated by broad (and shocking) white blotch margins. Some of the richest color and contrast demonstrated in a Corn Snake Type.

What to expect:

Hatchling Creamsicles are orange HYBRID versions of Amel corns, so they can have any pattern you see in corn snakes. The polygenic variability gambit is seen in all animals, so colors may slightly vary from deep orange to yellowish orange, but virtually all representatives of this morph are the same. Expect to see Hybrid Vigor (robust size and propensities for hardy appetites and rapid growth) from being out-crossed to unrelated snakes. We all hope that breeders will always reveal the genetic background of all their snakes, but I know people that have purchased obvious Creamsicles in pet stores and reptile expos, but were never advised of their hybrid origins.

Important Note:
These images are not renderings of the actual animals being offered, (except for uniquely offered snakes found in the SURPLUSsection of this web site). We do not provide pictures of individual hatchling snakes for sale, nor do we recommend that you ever choose a new pet based on an image of its neonatal form. Corns change so dramatically from hatchling to adult, they will NEVER have the same colors or contrasts throughout maturity. While most of the snakes we produce will mature to resemble the featured adult image(s) on our web site, unlike manufactured products that are respectively clones of each other, the nature of polygenic variation results in each animal being similar but not identical to others of its morph. The snake we select for you may not mature to be identical to the pictured examples, but will be chosen based on our experience of observing which neonates will mature to properly represent their respective morph. We take this responsibility very seriously, and therefore publish the guarantee that we will exchange your SMR snake if it does not mature to be like our advertised product.