Your names ARE adorable. I’m loving the coloration coming in on Hoover.
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Thank you, @caryl. I’m loving his colour, too. Each “normal” is anything but, they’re all looking beautiful. I also managed to get some photos of Keeper, the long-decided holdback Masque, and oh. my. goodness! 
When I tell you this one is even more special in person…The frosting on the saddles, along with the lighter sides/darker shading over the spine makes it look like the sun is constantly shining off of her sides.
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That one is nearly banded. Love that look!
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I first fell in love with the look of corn snakes when I met a normal/classic corn at a Saturday children’s educational event way back in the day. At the time, the explosion of morph variations was still in its infancy. I do love playing with genetic possibilities, refining looks I find appealing, playing “I wonder what it would look like if…?” I love that there’s a corn snake color and pattern to please virtually anybody; even if green is your favorite color, there’s bound to be a corn snake you like.
But I do still love the normal, classic, wild-type corn snake. They really are very pretty, just as I have found them in the barn or the back yard.
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I am considering using her as the basis for a pattern project, I just love the way the frosting and shading interplay. I would love to see if I can’t accentuate it in further generations.
You really can’t beat a classic sometimes. I have two wild-type rescues and I love them to bits. I just wish the one wasn’t so bitey so I could show him off more. 
Working on training with him.
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I have one particular Caramel baby this season who’s got a lot of interesting things happening with the coloration of his saddles. I have been debating keeping him, though I ended up kinda male-heavy this season. I’ll have to get an updated pic of him in decent light.
My state doesn’t allow for being projects with wild type corns. It’s silly, but the rule is that one may not have more than four wild-type animals. Means I’ve got to be careful who I cross with whom. Visual hets are a must.
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What that is a law? That is crazy.
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I think that they are a native species and many states have a quantity limit of how many you can own. Technically (in the eyes of the law) I think morphs count as domestication since they are different from their wild counterparts.
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Yup. They’re native here and that’s the logic behind the law here and in many places. Mississippi’s law allows corn snake morphs (and several other species) which are different from wild type without regulating the number. An individual is only allowed to have four wild type individual corn snakes at any given time.
I’m not sure how big a fuss they’d kick up if, for instance, a breeder produced an F1 generation was all normals when working toward new combos. I believe someone would have to complain. But technically four is the limit on normals here.
At least they allow corn snakes and other native species to be kept.
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Oh my goodness, this is ADORABLE!!! Just a lil snoot in the corner doin’ a hide. 
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Thank you! She is such a sweet heart.
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Awwww, love it!
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I’ll have to post more updates in the coming days, one of the Masque babies just finished shed #3, and I’ve got at least 2 others in blue. Still have two refusing food, have tried a myriad of things and am doing everything I can to avoid live feeding. In great news, though, Cheeky is FINALLY picking up her mice herself and voraciously eating. I think that one can be fully marked off the problem child list.
Starting to plan for next year, might run to an expo this weekend and see if I can’t find some genetics I’m missing.
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I went ahead and decided to have six of the remaining nine hatchlings DNA sexed. Of those six, none have popped as male at any time. Decided to go with this to see how much work my technique needs 
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As for the remaining three, two are confirmed male (Sneaky, Hoover) and the third is a non-eater that will be sexed if/when they start taking food. Decided I won’t be holding back more than 2-3 of the clutch in order to focus on the projects I already have.
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Ooh, I’m going to guess two males and four females!
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I’m gonna l say your technique was masterful and they’re all female.
It’s a tough decision who to keep, isn’t it? We decide on projects for a reason or reasons, then new possibilities appear and things can get reevaluated. What are the projects you’ve decided to stick with for the time being?
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I’ll be sticking with my scaleless & anery/ghost behaviour projects for now. My female pos het palmetto is looking like she might not be big enough by next season so I’ve put a hold on that, especially since I still don’t have a male for her yet.
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Discovered something a bit interesting today: Cheeky, my Amel holdback, seems to have a smaller than usual scale on her head, leading to two small scaleless patches on either side. Could this mean she is het for Scaleless, or is it just a fluke?
Also, another surprise is I think the Anery Tessera I adopted from Snake Discovery is either ovulating or gravid. She’s looking a little bit full/bumpy. Guess we’ll see what happens there, wasn’t expecting anything going on this late in the season.
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Interesting. Was the Snake Discovery female supposed to have been bred this year? I don’t recall, sorry. Not that they can’t lay without having been bred this year, lol.
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