Just checking

[slither61]

Hi all,

When you breed two Corn Snakes snakes, EG

Amel x Butter

Is this male Amel to female Butter

Is the male snake always put first in breeding of two snakes.

I no it may be a daft question but I am just starting out in genetics.

Thanks


slither61

[captaincaveman]

I assume you mean when written down then, it depends how people write it, but usually you list male then female, not that it really matters

[cornmorphs]

in numbers it goes like this
1.2.4
1 being male, 2 being female, 4 being unsexed or hatchling

[Ssthisto]

Generally, it's good practice to put the male first.

However, if I just saw "Amel X Butter" I wouldn't assume I knew which parent was which.

I have one pair that I'm more likely to describe as Charcoal het Blood X Coral Snow het Blood (where the male is the snow) just because the Charcoal is the older of the pair, for example.