At the time I was using reptile carpet that I bought in a pet store. After realizing how messy it was, I began using newspaper. That seems to be working much better. At the time that the picture was taken, Sadie was in a separate enclosure having her normal enclosure cleaned. She had a little bit of a reptile sand in the holding enclosure since she was kinda pooping all over. ^.^ yuck! But she too has newspaper in her enclosure.
As far as opinions on the color morphs, thank you everyone who has been responding.
Sakura is definately a snow, although I still think a strawberry (it's a selectively bred snow with enhanced pink coloring). Probably comes from hypo in him, which I wouldn't doubt. He also has very VERY bright yellow on his underside. I'll bred him maybe this season again, to see for sure.
Sierra I could see as an amel, although he is much brighter then any amel I've ever seen. I know sunglow can have a little bit of white, but too much makes them an amel. The pictures I took don't show their coloring very well. I need to get newer, better pictures. He really doesn't have as much white as it appears. As he's aged, the white has pretty much vanished with very very thin little lines just near the back end of his body. So he may still be a sunglow, or maybe an amel that's het hypo?
Scorpio definately has caramel in him. There's no doubt about that. He's supposed to be het amber, but I guess only breeding will tell. He, too, does have extreme yellows on his underside. It's difficult to tell if it's amber coming through or hypo though without breeding.
Starla confuses me a little. I was told Hypo het caramel. The pictures, again, don't show her coloring that well. She is actually very brightly colored, not like a typical carolina corn. She too has some extreme yellowing. And when I say extreme, I mean neon yellow.
Sadie, however, I think the breeder lied about just to get me to purchase her. Although she is a beautiful corn, I think she's really a caramel. She is still very very young. She's only a few months old, so it's kinda hard to tell at this age. However, I don't really see Amber in her, as I was told. Sakura and Sierra I got from pet stores (which I will never purchase another corn from a pet store again - ridiculous prices and most aren't healthy). Starla and Scorpio came from the same breeder, which I have talked to for quite some time, and from what I gathered talking to her, I'm sure she knew what she was talking about. Sadie, however, I got from a breeder at a reptile swap, whom I don't think she really knew a lot about color morphs with corns. She had a huge table full of corns she was selling, and many were labeled incorrectly. She had a snow labeled as a bloodred. Talk about someone who shouldn't be breeding or selling corns. You know? So I guess with Sadie, I'm going to have to wait to see what the outcome is in her coloring. I know with neonates, their colors can change drastically as they age. Luckily I only paid $10 for Sadie. =) She's still a cutie though.
