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Morph contributing to Eating habits

Twizzy

Twizzy

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Okay I wasn't really sure how to word this in my header but I've been curious for some time if others find that certain morphs eat better then others?!?

The reason I ask this is because I have a variety of morphs and I find some are just ferocious and others are just tempermental and you need to do a hand stand to get them to eat at times.

Example:
I find my Snows have several..so it cant be just one snake both will eat if they are blue or not and will eat whenever.

Bloodred,Amel,Anery,Caramel,Ambers will eat always unless blue.

Lavenders & Butters are ferocious when they eat but man I have to light the candles set the table and put the violins on to get them to eat..LOL

Just curious if anyone else has noticed in a large collection if certain morphs are shy eaters too??
 
I know that when bloodreds first popped up they had a bad wrap for being problem feeders. But other than that I don't know of any morph linked eating habits. At least I've never noticed any in my collection, which is just about every color mutation (except cinder). I think it's more to do with the individual snake that its color.
 
I am not an expert in this but through my own experience i have noticed that snow corns are more aggressive.

As far as i am aware i think this has alot to do with they dont have as much camoflage so it makes them a little bit more scared of the surrounding because they cant blend in.
 
I really don't think there's a way to link the two.
I think it has a deal more to do with the ferociousness of the parents and their level of aggressiveness.
Also, from what I understand, hatchlings that were incubated in too warm a temperature often display feeding disorders.
It's too difficult to examine such things I think... not unless an experiment on a huge scale is made.

I think it would be best to simply treat them as individual cornsnakes with different behavior patterns than defining behavior by morph.

An interesting theory though :cheers:
 
Good point mele..I hadnt thought of it that way..I'm just always shocked when I feed my snows they will munch it down and then I find a shed the next day :rolleyes:

The only thing I have foudn with my bloodred is she can be a tad skiddish when you first pick her up and I have heard this from others with theirs..But she is an eater:)

I was just curious since with most of my morphs i have two of them and find they are all pretty similar with eating habits it was just really a curiosity question more then anything.

Anxious to see what others report;)
 
I had a problem with my snows this year, all three where the only ones left that wouldnt eat. One has started eating and moved on to another home but the other two still wont eat.
 
mele2511 said:
I am not an expert in this but through my own experience i have noticed that snow corns are more aggressive.

As far as i am aware i think this has alot to do with they dont have as much camoflage so it makes them a little bit more scared of the surrounding because they cant blend in.
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Snakes have no idea what they look like, no matter the morph. All tey know is that they are a snake.
 
Have to agree on that. Heck, humans wouldn't be aware of how they look like if it hadn't been for mirrors and such.
It -is- possible that The Anery and Amel genes carry other non-visible mutations that can cause aggressiveness. It's simply nearly impossible to link the two without an experiment that should be stretched out over several snake generations.
 
It's kind of funny to read about different behaviors...

My Snows are the ones I have to put violins on for - I have an '04 large Pink and Green, two '05 Snow Mots who must sit on and nose em around for a bit before either will eat. The male will ONLY eat mice, and an '05 Regular Snow - these have all come from different breeders. The one exception is my wee hatchling that has eaten each time now (X4) when offered.

My Bloods? They are the most voracious eaters... they attack, spin, twirl and eat even in blue. Mine range from '05 - '07 and have come from all different breeders.

Funny!

-Tonya
 
Twizzy said:
Okay I wasn't really sure how to word this in my header but I've been curious for some time if others find that certain morphs eat better then others?!?

The reason I ask this is because I have a variety of morphs and I find some are just ferocious and others are just tempermental and you need to do a hand stand to get them to eat at times.

Example:
I find my Snows have several..so it cant be just one snake both will eat if they are blue or not and will eat whenever.

Bloodred,Amel,Anery,Caramel,Ambers will eat always unless blue.

Lavenders & Butters are ferocious when they eat but man I have to light the candles set the table and put the violins on to get them to eat..LOL

Just curious if anyone else has noticed in a large collection if certain morphs are shy eaters too??
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LMAO @ butters. The breeder I got my butter from said something about them being problem feeders. She is a good eater though thank god.


My ghost is ferocious and doesnt wait for you to drop the thing.....but my Amel is definitely a light the candles set the table girl......I clocked her in the other night at 4 minutes of nudging and smelling the mouse. Its like, is she gonna eat, is she not gonna eat? She is so particular.


I dont know if it has to do with the actual morph, but they probably or at least generally have the same eating habits as their parents. Wouldnt you think.
 
The mother of my snows is a great feeder and all the other babies ate fine. I don't know about the father though as he wasnt mine and was more of an accidental breeding. HE was an okeetee thats all i really know. It probably has nothing to do with their color and more of a coincidence than anything.
 
This is really kewl to read everyones experiences. I guess alot of it just does go to possibly the parents?!?..I'm no genetics professor by any means.

I was told the samething about my butters they were purchased from two seperate breeders and both warned me they can be picky. :shrugs: Both have held pretty true to this..I have to do a song and dance to keep them on their schedule..i cant touch them for several days prior then i need to make sure the pinkies are just the right temp and drop and run and have them in the darkest spot possible..But they do eat so I'm not complaining just takes a violin or two to set the mood..LOL

Thansk everyone for all your inputs ..I just find this very interesting!! Someone needs to do a study on this :grin01:
 
I have no personal experience, but a breeder near me swears that feeding habits are inherited.

He's been developing his own Corn bloodlines for 20+ years, and one of the criteria for his holdbacks is a willingness to eat. He reckons after many generations, he now produces hatchlings that will willingly eat before their first shed, sometimes only a day or two after hatching.
 
I think it's more to do with lines and specific genetics than the morph itself. Some lines of butters (for example) may be problem feeders, others may be very easy to feed. It depends on the snakes "temperament" as well.

My experience: All my snakes eat in the blue (except Cornflake), all my snakes eat rats or mice (except cornflake). My butter waits for me to close the lid and then viciously constricts and eats his prey. My RO latches on to it the second she sees her prey and my caramel will eat anything.

Everyone has a theory on this morph or that morph based on their personal experiences. Some say lavenders are problematic feeders because they had one that was, and somehow they manage to find others who have had similar problems with lavenders and then label lavenders (just an example) as being bad feeders... ;)

The one "morph" people seem to have the least problems with are normals and, ironically, that is the one morph I HAVE had problems with! lol
 
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