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10-10-2004, 10:57 AM
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Hatchling Okeetee Identification?
I'm getting an Okeetee hatchling this week! Someone is bringing one for me!  Hooray! I'm so excited! 
From the one picture of an Okeetee hatchling I've seen in a snake book, they don't look like they will when they grow up and get all their color. How can I know for sure that my new little friend is actually an Okeetee, and that I'm getting what I'm paying for? Do you just have to take the seller's word for it? Can anyone tell me specific identifying characteristics for Okeetee hatchlings? Or does anyone have detailed close-up pictures of some they could post? I'd sure appreciate any help anyone can offer.
Thank you!
I can't stop doing a happy dance! At last! I've been looking for one for so long!
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10-10-2004, 11:03 AM
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Congratulations! Just what you've wanted for so long! Can't wait to see him/her!
A fresh hatchling will be have a very dark brown, almost black, background colour, and will have very faint orange saddles near the neck, and the other saddles will appear greyish,. the yellow will develop in time. The yellow will bring out the oranges and the reds as the corn snake grows.
A young oaketee looks almost like an anertherystic but with the faint orange saddles.. post pics as soon as you get him/her!!
*Joins Julianne in the happy i'm-getting-a-new-snake dance!* 
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10-10-2004, 11:09 AM
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Congratulations and jubilations, runs round room singing and dancing, yippeeeee, lol, i am so happy for you, i know how long you have wanted one of these handsom little guys, again congrats
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10-10-2004, 11:11 AM
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YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm joing in the happy snake dance too!!
Congrats!
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10-10-2004, 11:33 AM
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Bitis couldn't have explained it any better !!!! hatchlings look nothing like adults. I'm so happy for you Juliane as I know how much you've wanted one just from our conversations the last few months,,,,though I must say,,,,,,as Ken sighs,,,,,,I want a baby too !!!!!!
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10-10-2004, 12:18 PM
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Thank you so much for the help! I'm so excited I can hardly stand to wait....I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas!
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10-10-2004, 03:09 PM
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wow congratulations!! finally you can get one thats so great! okeetees are pretty snakes. we have one at work that is getting so pretty. the colors are just wonderful. i'm thinking about getting one myself!! i'll have to wait a little while though cuz I need another tank!!
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I'm still holding my breath because I can't believe it's true. I guess I'll breathe again when I've got the little fellow/girl really and truly at home. He/she is going to take over Spectre's tank because Spectre's moving up in the world! My daughter saved and saved to buy him a 30 gallon long All-Glass Critter Cage. Spectre moves in tonight! He'll have lots and lots of exploration room, don't you think?
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wow that'll be like a palace for him! can't wait to see some pics and hear more news about the new baby!
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Professional Pet Sitting/Dog Walking
http://niksscalesandtails.com/
yes i am a she ^_^
~My Babies~
1 Rosy Boa (male) Chaos
1 Snow Corn (male) Blizzard
1 Anertherystic Corn (male) Bullet
1 Senegal Parrot (male) Shadow
2 dogs (male) Spot (RIP) and Bear
~Wish List~
a Leopard Gecko ^_^
a Gopher Snake ^_^
tons more corn snakes! ^_^
a Blue Tongue Skink ^_^
a Crested Gecko! ^_^
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A young oaketee looks almost like an anertherystic but with the faint orange saddles
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That is not always true. I have personally seen hatchling okeetees that already had the bright orange background color. Just looking at them you had no doubt that they were okeetee. Also there are some variations in the coloring of okeetees and some will look more like the "ideal" okeetee than others. But they are all beautiful snakes!
You are probably just going to have to take the sellers word for it!
Joining Juliane in her Happy dance,...
Owww my knees are too old for this! 
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