Okeetee or no?

[DMong]

He's cute. My first corn was a normal. I love the classics.

I overheard one pet store clerk tell a customer that the amel hatchling would lose its red and turn white like a snow. I quickly corrected this misinformation and earned a sarcastic remark from the blow hard.

Always double check anything you hear from a pet store.

HAHAHAAA!!!,.......yes, I TOTALLY agree with that. I find that most pet store clerks know just enough to be dangerous. Giving out gross misinformation more often than not to their customers.

Glad you corrected the moron!


~Doug

 

[dejvid]

Hi! i saw that thread and sense i hawe a similar question, i didn want to open a new thread! I saw that beuty this sunday at some expo in Austria, and i fell in love with her, so i hawe no choise but to buy her :shrugs:. i think i bought the most beutiful corn at that expo:dancer:! So my question is, would you describe that colour as Okeetee phase?

Here are some pics of her:

 

[dejvid]

another pic that may help with determination:

 

[beautifullywild77]

Wow beautiful snake! I am still learning on the morphs! She looks like some of the classic corns i have seen! I hope StanLee is that beautiful when he grows up LOL

 

[DMong]

Yes, in my opinion, that particular cornsnake would fall into the "Okeetee phase" category because of it's rich reds and oranges and well-defined black blotch borders.


Very nice!


~Doug

 

[beautifullywild77]

Good to know Doug! Thanks I love the reds and oranges! So very beautiful!

 

[DMong]

Good to know Doug! Thanks I love the reds and oranges! So very beautiful!

You're welcome!..........and yes, it is very pretty


~Doug

 

[dejvid]

Thanx for clarification and kompliments. She is the most beutifull normal corn that i´we ewer saw in vivo!
And, beautifullywild77, i hope that your StanLee grows like that to! he is nice looking little fella!

 

[beautifullywild77]

I just checked on him and he has shed! He is about 14 inches long now and his colors have become even more rich! I fed him just now too so I will get pictures in a couple of days

 

[dejvid]

it is wery exciting to oserved how they develope their colors with ewery shed, as they growe. cant wait to see your update!

 

[Farmgirl]

my girl could be "Okeetee" or just "Okeetee Phase" not sure, she did come from a state-side breeder, but the lady couldn't tell me which one, so I can't contact them to find out specific lineage (which sucks) Either way, she's gorgeous!!

 

[dejvid]

Wow! yes, she is gorgeous!

 

[beautifullywild77]

Here is StanLee after his shed!

 

[Farmgirl]

loving his colors!!!

 

[Allalaskan]

When I got my corn snake Seth I was told he was an Okeetee (local pet store) and of course he turned out to be a normal too lol, but I like him just the same. He has quite the personality.

 

[dejvid]

He looks great!

 

[NiklasTyreso]

So my question is, would you describe that colour as Okeetee phase?

Here are some pics of her:

Your snake look like okeetees looked 20 years ago. Today selective breeding have developed the okeetee lines to have wider black borders.
It is a very beautiful snake.

/Niklas

 

[chris68]

Farmgirl your snake is the very definition of "Okeetee phase" corn snake, jmho and would be a great candidate for a wide-bordered (Extreme) Okeetee project. Dejvid snake has more going on than just looking like an old school Okeetee; that orange "airbrushed" look is really sweeet :*)

Both those guys are sure awesome

 

[dejvid]

Thanx to both for kompliments!
Well i dont actually know what is the status of okeetees in EU (continental part), but she is a snake with the widest and most intensive black borders that i ewer saw at expo. So i hawe no choise but to get her
Till after i bought her i saw other colour and i only liked her more!