My name is Lena. 
I have been lurking in the MorphMarket community for months. I am incredibly shy so it took me a while to feel comfortable introducing myself. Genetics have always fascinated me, but due to a neurological condition I was born with I assumed I wouldn’t be able to work in a genetics-focused field. My first real introduction to snakes, and their immense genetic variety, was watching Snake Discovery sometime in late 2018 or early 2019. It was a passing interest until they unboxed their reverse okeetee scaleless Sunnyside Up. I immediately knew I wanted to get into breeding corn snakes at some point. So, about 5 years later, I purchased Gardenia, and waited anxiously for her to ship. However, I also had been looking at corn snake classifieds on Kijiji for about a year - more as a form of entertainment rather then with any intention to buy anything. About two days after I purchased Gardenia an ad for Polaris, a reverse okeetee scaleless, popped up and I knew I had to buy him too. A sweet family member and I drove five hours to go pick him up and brought him home before Gardenia was able to be shipped. Thus, while I bought Gardenia first, I consider her and Polaris as my first snakes. They have been little darlings ever since. 
I am still definitely learning and am very thankful for the wealth of knowledge I have found within this community. Despite never having communicated directly, I thank you very much for all the information you have taught me!
Now I have six corn snakes from a variety of lovely breeders here in Canada:
Gardenia (Female - Anery scaleless het amel):
Polaris (Male - Reverse okeetee scaleless 50% het lavender):
Aurora (Female - Butter motley het hypo 66% het anery and 50% het scaleless):
Cattleya (Female - Palmetto 50% het anery, amel, and motley):
Thank you to those in the corn snake section of the community. The information I got from reading your posts helped break Cattleya’s three month hunger strike. She is now one of my best eaters!
Buttercup (Female - Butter scaleless 66% het motley and 50% het hypo):
Virgil (Male - Amel Scaleless het caramel and motley):
He is a very recent addition, so I don’t have any photos of him. Maybe I’ll take a photo of him later and put it in the comments. So far, though, he has been a little angel. We’ll see if that continues as he settles in. 
Drop your links:
Instagram: @the_slithering_garden
Youtube: MeadowofBluebells (I mainly post short stories on there, but I did record unboxing Aurora, Cattleya, and Buttercup as well.)
