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Morph question i have always wondered about, can anyone answer please

habistatman

habistatman

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Are there are certain corn snake morphs that have a tendancy to be more aggresive than others?, what do members think.

Kindest regards

Habistatman
 
Most people will say sunkissed, bloodred. I often find blizzards for some reason can be snappy.
On the other hand, one that has been nice to me over the years, is the butter..
 
I have noticed my male Serpenco upper keys het cinder Zephyr who is not a very handleable snake, has fathered offspring that have horrid dispositions too. Most of the snakes in my collection that are not very friendly are his offspring. My other biter, amel stripe girl is also from Serpenco but she usually bites out of feeding response and lets go when I'm not the mouse she wants. Zephyr and 2 of his kids on the other hand have bitten me as a "let me go" kind of thing and will also flail tails and "spin" in order to get away. Hereditary?
Sunkissed do have the reputation for being bitey, I only have one and he isn't too bad.
 
ghosthousecorns said:
I have noticed my male Serpenco upper keys het cinder Zephyr who is not a very handleable snake, has fathered offspring that have horrid dispositions too. Most of the snakes in my collection that are not very friendly are his offspring. My other biter, amel stripe girl is also from Serpenco but she usually bites out of feeding response and lets go when I'm not the mouse she wants. Zephyr and 2 of his kids on the other hand have bitten me as a "let me go" kind of thing and will also flail tails and "spin" in order to get away. Hereditary?
Sunkissed do have the reputation for being bitey, I only have one and he isn't too bad.
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My pair of upper keys het cider from you are both nice so far. As of right now I am lucky and don't have a biter in the collection. I do know in a lot of animal species aggression can be hereditary. A few years ago I bred and raised chickens. If the brood rooster was human aggressive most of his sons would be too. And I did see on one of the nature shows they took wild rats and separated them into two groups, a docile group and a aggressive group and bred them over the years and the docile group kept getting more calm and nice while the aggressive group stayed vicious.
Thanks all just my two cents.
bob
 
I don't have much experience to go off of but I know that my snow girlie is about the calmest snake, corn or otherwise, that I've ever seen. She has never struck at me for any reason.
 
I have an Avalanche that would appear to be very grumpy when she wants to breed. And an anery charcoal who is the nicest fellow normally. But there is no doubt when he is about to shed as his mood changes before his eyes. My butter will come out and see you even when she is in shed and is always friendly. But she tail rattles every time she feeds.
 
smallet said:
I have an Avalanche that would appear to be very grumpy when she wants to breed. And an anery charcoal who is the nicest fellow normally. But there is no doubt when he is about to shed as his mood changes before his eyes. My butter will come out and see you even when she is in shed and is always friendly. But she tail rattles every time she feeds.
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The corns i have are all young, under 10 months, and are without exception good natured. Do snakes like mine remain so or can you find their personalaties change as they getter older. I suppose to put it another way "Will a friendly young snake, remain a friendly middle aged and old snake?".

What do members think, have you had snakes that for no good reason have just changed personalaties?.

Kindest regards

Habistatman
 
I've had very nervy youngsters calm down - and sometimes it's taken a couple of years. But I've never had a previously calm Corn suddenly turn flighty and stay that way. It's usually for short periods when they're shedding or feeling off-colour.

As long as you're careful and patient with them and they keep their confidence in you, I don't see any reason why gentle 10 month olds shouldn't grow into gentle 10 year olds.
 
crotalis40741 said:
My pair of upper keys het cider from you are both nice so far. As of right now I am lucky and don't have a biter in the collection. I do know in a lot of animal species aggression can be hereditary. A few years ago I bred and raised chickens. If the brood rooster was human aggressive most of his sons would be too. And I did see on one of the nature shows they took wild rats and separated them into two groups, a docile group and a aggressive group and bred them over the years and the docile group kept getting more calm and nice while the aggressive group stayed vicious.
Thanks all just my two cents.
bob
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Bob, those ones I sold you are ones that I bought from Serpenco a few years after I bought mine, so I don't think they will be het for evil like the ones I have produced from my Zephyr. I hope! I am glad they are doing well for you :)
It would be interesting to see someone breed for super docile snakes, as many people select their keepers based on "best feeder" which can also mean "most likely to bite anything that moves in case it might be food".
 
I don't believe that any morphs are more aggressive than any other morphs.
I think it is the individual snake.
 
Naagas said:
I don't believe that any morphs are more aggressive than any other morphs.
I think it is the individual snake.
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I kind of agree. I think it's hereditary. And my thinking goes that if it is hereditary it would explain why morphs such as sunkissed may be more aggressive because they are kind of new and haven't got a deeper gene pool yet. Does that make any sense? :laugh:
 
Over the years I have definately found sunkissed and blood to be mostly quite nasty.
There must be someone else that can back this up? lol.. sk are nuts.
 
My sunkissed is a total sweetie. Nicest snake I have. There's no such thing as aggression in snakes. It's either defensive or trying to eat.
 
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