Since albino quadrivittata lose their juvenile pattern and become patternless bright yellow ratsnakes as adults, what is the advantage of having a patternless hatchling? I would think that it will eventually look more or less the same as it's albino het siblings. It's kinda like producing an aberrant gaigeae, looks cool but eventually it wont matter.

It definitely looks different as a hatchling but wouldn't it end up being patternless eventually anyway? I'm just trying to figure out why it would be necessary to breed a black ratsnake x everglades (bubblegum) to a striped yellow ratsnake to produce almost the same exact look as a adult albino yellow ratsnake.

I don't mean to criticize the project...just kinda curious about the appearance of this snake as an adult.

Thanks,

Chris

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• hatchling albino patternless ###PHOTO### - mike_panic, Mon Aug 4 10:33:44 2003
• here is a het sibling - mike_panic, Mon Aug 4 10:35:09 2003
• this is one of the males, he is crazy yellow! ###PHOTO### - mike_panic, Mon Aug 4 10:36:38 2003
• That guy is sweet!!!.... - lbrat, Mon Aug 4 17:41:42 2003
• He's beautiful! - Mark Banczak, Mon Aug 4 17:58:08 2003
• I'm also curious - any Yellow Ratsnake in the mix? - Jolliff, Mon Aug 4 19:04:37 2003
• as far as kathy love tells me....... - mike_panic, Mon Aug 4 19:25:39 2003
• Yeah, but what are they? - Mark Banczak, Mon Aug 4 19:45:13 2003
• Got it. - Mark Banczak, Mon Aug 4 19:50:52 2003
• I didn't see any indication of . . .> - terryp, Mon Aug 4 20:07:13 2003
• thanks terry, the bottom line is - mike_panic, Mon Aug 4 21:05:12 2003
• Did not say he was misrepresenting anything... - Jolliff, Tue Aug 5 19:07:29 2003
• lol, sorry Mike....... - mike_panic, Tue Aug 5 20:44:12 2003
• You just put your view of misrepresenting . . .> - terryp, Tue Aug 5 21:39:08 2003
• RE: this is one of the males, he is crazy yellow! ###PHOTO### - Mark Banczak, Mon Aug 4 20:19:03 2003
• RE: this is one of the males, he is crazy yellow! ###PHOTO### - mike_panic, Mon Aug 4 21:01:49 2003
• RE: this is one of the males, he is crazy yellow! ###PHOTO### - DAV6969, Tue Aug 5 04:34:25 2003
• whats up Dave, they were purchased from Glades in 1992.n/p - mike_panic, Tue Aug 5 08:05:25 2003
• a question??? - gila7150, Mon Aug 4 20:36:54 2003
• RE: a question??? - Dwight Good, Mon Aug 4 22:54:55 2003
• RE: a question??? - mike_panic, Tue Aug 5 08:11:35 2003
• Let's see . . . . .> - terryp, Tue Aug 5 10:44:59 2003
• more info on blotchless rats.. - Dwight Good, Mon Aug 4 22:50:18 2003