at about what age does the "final" coloration of a brb develop?
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brb coloration?
rhed
Sep 22, 2009 09:16 PM
Replies (3)
rainbowsrus
Sep 22, 2009 09:19 PM
Give or take 18 months, more like between 1 and 2 years old.
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Thanks,
Dave Colling
www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders 
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats 
rainbowsrus
Sep 22, 2009 09:24 PM
Guess I should also mention some will go through an ontogenic change at or around sexual maturity. I've seen them go from...
Very colorful to almost anery looking.
Splotches of color changing.
Calico (white splotches) coming in (did not witness first hand)
Browning out.
None of those changes are common but they do happen.
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Thanks,
Dave Colling
www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats
spongie
Sep 23, 2009 09:21 AM
I have seen some BRBs that change from normal to an anery color at around 2-3 years old. I am curious if this could be a "malfunction" of the gene that displays red pigment. Does anyone know if this is an inheritable trait? Has anyone bred two color-changing BRBs together to see if they will produce a true anery hatchling at birth?
