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dave barker
at Thu Jul 10 15:53:45 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dave barker ]
It varies from snake to snake. Some don't go red, they are yellow, orange, or some shade of brown as adults. Most blood python babies descended from Sumatran stock can be expected to turn red, however.
Most babies start out as a medium brown with red or orange overtones. Most are some shade of red by a year of age, but they continue to turn red for 5-6 years. Most normals are the absolute most beautiful red at 3-5 years of age.
Some blood hatchlings are orange-red at hatching and we've seen some of these turn very red, while others turn brown.
Most bloods continue to become darker all their life, turning to a deep dark saturated red, oxblood or dark dried-blood red.
That's the great thing about the red-albino bloods--since they make red phaeomelanins instead of black eumelanins, instead of getting darker, they get redder all their life.
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It varies... (more) - dave barker, Thu Jul 10 15:53:45 2003