>>Beautiful!

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>>How old is that Milksnake? Have a pic of it next to someone? It's hard to judge it the way it is in that pic.

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>>Will the light coloring get lighter or still have blackish type coloring in it, forever?

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>>Thank you,

>>Dan





Dude, what's so hard to understand? It would look EXACTLY like the snake in the picture, only it would be 1 foot longer???????????????????????? These snakes don't magically get to 5.5 feet long and then turn purple and have neon flashing stripes. It looks like a honduran milksnake when it's just out of the egg, and continues to look EXACTLY the same untill the day it dies, only it gets bigger.



These snakes don't magically go from a normal tri colored snake at birth and end up turning into an albino when it gets a certain age. They are what they are for life, other than the size thing. Cut a peice of rope 6 feet long and then hold it out next to you. That's what a 6 foot milksnake will look like when it gets 6 feet long.



It all boils down to how much money you have to spend. Do you want a normal Honduran milk which could be had for $100, or do you want a Snow (google search for it, please) which can run you up to $2500 or more. They will all (Hondurans) have the potential to get 6 feet in length when fully grown.



Have you considered the housing requirements for such a large colubrid? You don't just throw it into a 10 gallon tank and expect it to do fine. Even in a 55 gallon tank, which is only 48 inches long, a 6 foot snake (72 inches long) will have limited room to move around.



So look at pictures of the morph of snake you are wanting information about, and then imagine the snake fully grown, looking EXACTLY like it did when smaller. Granted the normal hondurans will get a substantial amount of black tipping on their scales that will make them look darker, but they will still be the same colors they were all their life.



The underlying question I have here is what is the main purpose of specifically getting a snake that gets 6 feet long or more? Something to scare the kiddies with (please tell me no to this)?? Something to be "cool" to show off with? It's a living breathing creature that will depend 100% on you and your efforts to survive and be healthy.
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"Colubrid-aphilia", adj; An inordinate love of Colubrids.

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