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So cliche and true that you can't capture what a lav looks like in person via pics!

For those of you who haven't yet, wait till you see a nice adult in person!

Here is a closeup of one next to a regular...even though the pic is with a cheap camera, you can see why lavs are many people's favorite, including mine!

That is an awesome lookin snake. I'm sure its been asked a hundred times before on here, but how do you make one? A lavender and a lemon blast are the two goals I have. I really want to make them myself. (long way away, but you gotta have a dream, right?)
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James.....
"Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought the beast back."

Lavender Albinos are not a combo, but a morph in themselves. They are recessive, so in order to produce lavenders you'll either need to buy a lavender or purchase hets.

Also, lavender albinos are not compatible with normal albinos. They are not the same genetic mutation.

They really are way better in person, but that is a good pic. Here's one of mine...

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J. Kobylka Reptiles

Warning: Snakes have been shown to cause death in laboratory rats.

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James.....
"Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought the beast back."

Lavs are a regular simple recessive morp, but since relatively few lavenders have been produced and raised in captivity, there is still a great deal of speculation regarding the quality of genetic inheritability as far as the depth of purple and neon yellow coloration is concerned.

I have heard that only the females get dark purple, or are generally more purple than males. I have also heard that some lines are more purple than others, while the yellow in others is far brighter with increased neon effect compared to others.

What we do know is that when lavs are born, their characteristic neon yellow distinguishes them easily from regular albino hatchlings, but the lavender coloration seems to not really kick in till about 500 grams.

We recieved the lavender pictured in July (the seventh month)of 2007, and he weighed a lucky 777 grams exact! This picture was taken less than a month later. He was an african hatched import unrelated to all other lines in captivity, and we were simply blown away by how purple, bright, and jaw dropping he was compared to other lavs we had seen of similar size. Imagine our delight when he bred a female the very next day, and then ate a rat the day after! We don't have names for any of our 400 snakes, but we named this guy "EXCALIBER." If his astounding combination of purple and brightness is consistently inheritable, it will no doubt be enjoyed by many future generations of hobbyists like us!

From what we have seen, there seems to be a degree of variance in the depth of purple and neon brightness color exhibited by different specimens, regardless of size. To what extent this is genetic, or random as with the Bob Clark strain of retics is still undeterminable at this point as far as we can tell.

some pics posted a few days ago....

-first pic is "Excaliber" lol

-other pic is of Excaliber locked up with another WC adult lav female in shed.

-last pic is of Excaliber next to regular albino with flash used.

As you can observe in the middle pic, there is apparently a broad spectrum with regard to depth/intensity of purple and intensity of that trademark "lav neon." All are truly stunning in their own right, and many prefer the brighter ones, while others prefer the darker purple ones. It is exciting to think that the potential variability of this morph may be something akin to the pied with respect to the individuality of each animal...but of course nothing comes close to the pied! Hats off to the king of morphs lol!

We are currently working with 5 homozygous animals, and poss het offspring from 10 heterozygous animals, representing 9 different WC lines of lavender(Both VPI, Both BHB, NERD, RDR, TSK, EXCALIBER, Adult WC Female) and hope to be able to learn more about how they may potentially compliment each other in the future.

Sneakyfree,

Holly sheepsh_t, Batman, do you have a website?

Thanks, Rich
Chesapeake Bay Ball Pythons

not yet but it is coming soon!

Sneaky,

With a lavender collection that diverse, the rest of your collection must be incredible. I'd love to check out your collection when you get your site up. If you think of it send me an email at richard@cbballpythons.com.

Thanks, Rich

actually our collection is rather pathetic and one-dimensional for the amount of money we have spent! lol!

i mean, all we really focus on is lavs. you remmember orville redenbacher the gormet popping corn guy? we simply aspire to be like orville when we grow up someday: "do one thing and do it better than anyone else." lol

i will letcha know when we get our website up though...this year we are paticularly excited about breeding our lav males to poss het lav, sable, pin, yellowbelly, pied, and cinnemon females, as well as a spider x woma aka: "spoma" female.

take care,

grant

SO0O jealous.
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
(and Frank M. Wood)

i sitll like the regulars better! nice snake tho, congrats.

Than you have never seen a lavender in person.
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John Vandegrift

cant people have difference tastes? just because it is newer doesnt make it better. i have and i enjoy the albino much more. just my opinion.

Have you ever seen a lavender in person?
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John Vandegrift

Wow...that lavender is smokin!! Definitely one of my favorite morphs.

RMJ Reptiles produces some incredible Lavender Albinos . These are both Lavenders , just the smaller one has colored up very early in life . Enjoy