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OK, This is a strange one ??? In the last few weeks my Ax/Pied has started turning green ?? The white has turned a green tint and is getting greener and greener every day ?? This started as soon as I started introducing him to females ?? We think he is a leopard Ax/Pied ?? Any ideas would be appreciated. This Is not the best pic but it shows the color the best !!!

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Another Pic. He was snow white one month ago ????

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only thing that comes to mind is hormones???
other than that, I think he is Awesome....keep us posted on his coloration and pics.

Hey there, Jeff.
When I think your projects couldn't get any more cool you go and produce a green pied! (lol)
Not sure what's going on there, bro, but it's very interesting to say the least.
Please keep me posted on what's going on with him - that's a new one for me.
Cheers!
John
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John Woolard Reptiles

I love it...now we can tell when their in the mood...they just have to turn GREEN with envy...I am right behind you ...well not right behind but a couple years away fro seeing a AXA/PIED the babies keep eating so I am in the HURRY up and wait mode. Like everyone said keep the pics coming. Maybe tomorrow he will be pink...
Travis
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i had a nice lesser turn green once....i didn't think much of it.

.....it died several months later.

Pitoon

>>OK, This is a strange one ??? In the last few weeks my Ax/Pied has started turning green ?? The white has turned a green tint and is getting greener and greener every day ?? This started as soon as I started introducing him to females ?? We think he is a leopard Ax/Pied ?? Any ideas would be appreciated. This Is not the best pic but it shows the color the best !!!
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A possible liver ailment is the first thing that comes to my mind. As Pitoon said, I had a HoneyBee thats belly was always green. He had strange stools, and ate 46 weeks out of 52 that year. The funny thing is that he never gained any weight. He died at about 2 years old. I would definitely get him in for a vet visit to make sure there is nothing wrong.

I hope that it is nothing internal, and is just a cool coloration, but I would hate for it to be something that could have been treated. Keep us posted on that one Jeff.
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Hey Jeff: I too would be concerned if the green is getting greener. Not normal! Your vet would be able to do bloodwork, ultrasound, etc as needed to evaluate his liver health and other metabolic issues if they are there. Keep me posted! Tom Harbin
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I don't think I would ever look at this and immediately think "That's Awesome, man."

I've never heard of a SNAKE showing jaundice (lizards and chelonians can sometimes have yellowing of the gums and the mucus membranes around the eyes), but if I opened one of my bins to see this, I think my heart would drop and I would be heading into work pretty fast (I'm a vet-tech at an exotics-equipped animal hospital). I can't imagine what kind of levels your bilirubin (or biliverdin, in reptiles) would have to hit to turn the keratin in your scales greenish/yellow.

This snake could be experiencing hepatic lipidosis (fatty liver disease, more often seen in lizards) or hepatosis (degenerative liver disease)... Or be experiencing one of the many reptile viruses that attack the liver.

How is this snake doing? Has he recently gone off feed? Is his mouth an abnormal color like the rest of him? I would kill to see what his blodwork would look like.

I second the motion to get him in to a reliable vet and have some labwork done. Update us, when you can. Good luck.
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• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
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I took him to a very good reptile vet and everything looked good. The vet said he sees nothing (stomach,inner mouth tissue,saliva or eye color)that indicates a problem?? The blood work came back negative .
He's eating great and is breeding very well already this season. It sure had me concerned(and still does)but he seems to be doing great. I was also told the the Ax/Leopards have a very green tint and mine is supposed to a Ax/Leopard/Pied ?? I guess time will tell but untill then I'm just glad he's eating and breeding and doing good. Thanks for all the responses.
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