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In the post RMJ photos 5 from the other day, he claims that the bottom picture is of 2 lav. alb. I see why the smaller one to the left is a lav, it has that purple tint, but why is the other one a lav? It doesn't have a purple tint. I just traded for an 07 male albino and it looks EXACTLY like the one in the picture. It has the yellow outline around the orange ghost patterns and the exact same head pattern and color. There's a guy selling a lav. female that looks the same way. I guess i'm asking, other than the purple tint, how do you tell a lav. alb.? I can't see a difference between the two in the pictures and mine. I see a difference between the 2 and my 2 adult albino females, but not with the male I just traded for. Here's a picture from today, but hes in shed and his colors are no where near has prodominant as they usually are.

I see why the smaller one to the right, not left, is Lavender. I wish I had a better picture of mine, but my camera stinks and he's shedding. Thanks ahead of time for anyone who reads these.

Lavs grow into their purple coloring - when they hatch they are very similar to normal high contrast albinos and as they grow they develop the lavender coloring. From what I remember of the referenced picture there was one smaller one that showed a lot of purple and will likely be a smoker when it gets bigger - the other just hasn't developed as much purple yet. Also Lavs have ruby red eyes not the opaquish red like regular albinos.

Hope that helps.
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Tosha
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Yeah, that does help. Thanks ALOT!

even baby lavs are easily distinguishable between normal albinos...when you see one of each side by side in person you will see what i mean...their yellow is significantly more contrasty, the eyes are not standard albino pink, but a rather striking ruby red...of course this is almost impossible to capture via photos lol!
i have personally seen some lavs that looked nearly the same as they did as hatchlings even up to 500 grams....definitely different than regular albinos, but not purpled up yet much at all...however...i saw the same snakes at 1000 grams and was blown away by how purple they had become! didnt even look like the same snakes! from what i have heard from those who have raised them, right around 500 to 700 grams is where most of the significant "purple-ation" takes place with this morph
what's funny is a majority of hobbyists still havent seen an adult lav in person, just crappy pics online, and hatchling shots and such, and so based on hatchling pics, they are baffled by the price difference between lavs and regular albinos...i even remmember a thread on this forum not to long ago about "the most overrated morph" and some felt that the lavender albino was...well...as more and more adult lavs start making shows, i think you will see lavs really start to stand out more in people's minds....there is just something about a living, breathing, purple and pumpkin orange snake that really drops jaws. of all the snakes i have seen or shown to others...none except the pied have as much shock and awe power on lay people.

I agree with sneaky free, I feel Lavender Albinos are the most AMAZING looking simple recessive mutation out there, There a different mutation than normal Albinos,they GLOW!!!!Thats why I spent alot of coin on a NerdRalf Davis line 02 male 100% het and six of his 04 female offspring last year... (five of which were from one clutch).

I produced the first( sorry to toot my own horn, LOL) 2.1 Lavenders and and 20 50% and 66% and 100% het Lavenders here in Canada. and I'm looking forward to proving out my possible hets and see and producing other Lavender combos aswell.

Lavenders ROCK!!!!

Joe.

Got to love those reccesives!

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