Blizzard, snow or ghost??

[disturbedstn]

Ok I'm still a noob and I'm pretty clueless to genetics unless its human...anyways what exactly is the difference between ghosts blizzards and snows? I'm wanting to buy a solid white corn with a stripe pattern of lav. Most every breeder site I go to has them but they are all under a different name like on one page it will be called a blizzard then the next it's a ghost and the next a striped snow. Aaaahhh I'm going crazy! :crazy02:

 

[pcar]

It's all in the genetics

Snow = Homo Amel and Anery A
Blizzard = Homo Amel and Charcoal (Anery B)
Ghost = Homo Anery A and Hypo A

the snow is lacking both red and black pigments, but will have a flesh color to lime green color depicting where the saddles will be.

Snows:

The blizzard is also lacking the red and black pigments, but will show a very faint yellow pattern or no pattern at all.

And the Ghost is a little different. Beings they are anery A, they will show the black and white of the anery a, but it will be reduced because of the melanin reduction caused by the Hypo A Gene.

(The above picture is light for a ghost and was produced by crossing a Coral snow with a Hypo het for Anery A and Charcoal)

 

[Weebonilass]

Paul,

I normally prefer the darker ghosts, but that little one you posted is dang sweet.

 

[pcar]

that one was a suprise. The snow that he came from is the first one in that post. I bred him to a normal 2 years in a row and this year, i bred 2 of his offspring together, and then him to a hypo, and ended up with this Ghosts, and a few hypo's from the other clutches. So, the snow is definately carrying the hypo gene.

 

[Susan]

I'm wanting to buy a solid white corn with a stripe pattern of lav.

It sounds like what you're looking for is a combination of morphs...a white corn would be either a snow or a blizzard. The stripe pattern is caused by another gene and if you want to see the pattern, you should choose the snow (anery A and amel) over the blizzard (anery B and amel) as blizzards tend to not show their pattern as well. As to whether the stripe will be lav (lavender?) in color may not be possible...unless you're perhaps thinking of a lavender stripe (lavender morph plus stripe morph). You will get the lav stripe, but probably won't get the white.

I would recommend that you search both snow stripes and lavender stripes in the Photo Gallery to see if you can determine exactly what morph(s) you're looking for.

Just remembered you mentioned ghosts...add ghost stripes to your search. And remember, many morphs change a bit in appearance as the snake reaches maturity. And to help your search, this is a photo of a ghost stripe hatchling. It's colors would probably be darker as an adult.

 

[disturbedstn]

I was looking at a breeder site I wish I knew which one now...but anyways I found a blizzard corn with a lavender stripe must have been a morph it had no other pattern other than the stripe wish I could find it now. I also was curious is it true that morphs may not be as healthy compared to normal corns? I've read somewhere that their immune system and genetics may be weaker due to extensive breeding.

 

[Velvet]

Hi there,

Do you mean the stripe was a lavender in colour or the lavender morph? Could be two totally different things... :santa:

Blizzards don't show their patterns well, if at all, if you could clearly see a stripe, then it was most likely not a blizzard...despite the breeders labelling...

I am not sure about the rarer/selectively bred morphs being less healthy than normal corns...there are not too many normal corn commercially available that aren't het for some or other morph...

I haven't heard of particular morphs being more prone to illness, disease or eating problems though...but I suppose it is possible...lol

 

[disturbedstn]

The one I saw was a solid white corn with a lavender stripe down it's back.