Palmetto Corn Snake?

[cornsnakefan101]

Has anyone else heard of these? They are freaking amazing looking! Probably the most beautiful snake I have ever seen. Too bad they cost so much! The cheapest I could find them from a breeder was $4,000. I'll attach some pictures of them!

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

I've seen them, probably through the same website/breeder you did. I intend on getting one, one day.... don't know when but I want a few. I want to learn more about them though.

 

[cornsnakefan101]

I really wish they didn't cost so much. I would totally buy one if it wasn't.

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

From what I've been able to find out so far it's a relatively new morph and so they are kind of hoarding them in an effort to create what I would consider a baseline... also the price is mostly to stop someone from buying a bunch and over breeding them. Which makes sense to me. If one fell in the wrong hands there'd be so many. There's a lot involved with that price tag right now. I don't blame them. It will come down eventually.

 

[cornsnakefan101]

Yeah, eventually, meaning a number of years lol

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

Probably lol I can't afford to get one anytime soon but I'd like to get one by the middle of next year... maybe two.

 

[cornsnakefan101]

Yep, and a palmetto would look good with my other snakes

 

[Chip]

I have one, as do a couple of others -one guy on here (Multicorn) has two! I think it's a gorgeous mutation.

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

I can't wait to get a couple but I have some things I need to get done first. They are beautiful. Are you going to breed yours?

 

[Chip]

It's crossed my mind, lol!

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

Does anyone know how many their are right now?

 

[neworleansvamp]

I would love a palmetto! They are absolutely gorgeous. $4,000 is a bit steep so sadly I must wait for a bit

 

[Chip]

Does anyone know how many their are right now?

You'd need to ask Don that!

 

[Outcast]

If you are interested in the history if the Palmeto, I am sure that Don has it somewhere on his site. It started with a wild caught male and was proven out as genetic not long ago. I believe that in essence, this snake is his retirement plan. He has a corner on the market, and does not want to see it go the way of other high dollar morphs in the past. So to keep it rare, he is only selling females for a couple of years. I know that, had I had the money, and my wife would have let me, I would have gotten one the first year they were available. They are amazing snakes.

 

[Xerneas]

They are BEAUTIFUL snakes, as said. I would love to get my hands on one, but $4000 is intense...lol. It's on my list for the future :'(

 

[gelshark]

One of the reasons they are so expensive is because Don had to pay a pretty penny to even get his hands on the progenitor of this line. Then he had to wait several years to see if it were a reproducible morph and not just a fluke. Adding that info to the fact that there are few of these in existence creates a high price and if you think about it they should probably be much more, he has had more people willing to buy them at the price listed than he has been able to provide to the market.

 

[Guruofchem]

The mutation is recessive, and Don started with only one Palmetto animal and some hets from the area the single animal was found. With that few copies of the gene to work with, the population of Palmetto snakes is still pretty small, and Don is not aiming to flood the market with them and wreck the price. I'm with everyone else, though, in thinking it's about the best looking corn snake going. Had I the coin, I'd have one too...

 

[Chip]

...and some hets from the area the single animal was found.

So some of the animals found around the area proved out to be het Palmetto? I hadn't heard that. What luck, if so!

 

[gelshark]

The mutation is recessive, and Don started with only one Palmetto animal and some hets from the area the single animal was found.

So some of the animals found around the area proved out to be het Palmetto? I hadn't heard that. What luck, if so!

I hadn't heard that either, I thought Don produced the het palmettos himself. If W/C het palmettos were used that would have sped up the project...

 

[Outcast]

That is something that we would have to hear directly from Don. I don't remember hearing or reading that he had some W/C hets.