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I still trip out on how much this southern pine has changed in just a year and a half of age/since I owned her.

Day I got her:

A while later, the next year:

Last fall:

Most recent pic:

That is one of the things that I absolutely love about pines. You may never know exactly how they will turn out!! Part of the fun of watching them grow.

Produced by John Meltzer.
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Hey Billy

The end result is freaking beautiful!!! I like the yellow bro

Jason

Thanks bro!

She is so freaking awesome. Just a year and a half old, and already, so much color transformation.

Who knows what she will look like as a full adult?
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That's one sweet snake, Billy.

Although I've never kept them, I've always dug the variability of S. Pines.

Tim

Thanks Tim! They really are a treat to own.
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This is an absolute beeautiful snake, from the 1st day until now. Im hoping to get southern pine in my collection. Not into pattenless though, so im hoping get my hands on something just like this one. Well done!!

Thanks!!
Yea, I was expecting her to turn out as a silvery gray/brown blotched pine, but was realy pleasantly surprised with these results.
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By the way does John Meltzer have a website or anything. I was doing a seach and it looks like he's the man when it comes to pines.

No, he doesn't have a website unfortunatley.
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Wow, that color shift from the cool grayish tones to the warm butter of the last image is really neat. If someone asked me if that was a mugitus I probably have said ..."not quite sure what it is".
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HA! Yea, it has been such a trip to watch her change.
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Beautiful snake. Southerns are and always have been my favorite Pits. I didn't have any at all for about 10 years and got the itch again a few months ago. I tracked down a hatchling Ocala-locality male from John Cherry. He's currently super orange but already beginning to change, I can't wait to see how he ends up turning out. Now if I could just find more of them. I check the internet for them almost daily. So hard to find pure normals these days. Some Albinos and Snows are impressive but nothing will ever beat a quality normal, IMO.

Thanks Ryan!!

" So hard to find pure normals these days. Some Albinos and Snows are impressive but nothing will ever beat a quality normal, IMO. "

I absolutely love the southern morphs, but you are correct, nothing beats a normal!
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Agree with you, this is a great looking example

Thank you sir!!!
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Simply beautiful Billy. WOW.

Joe

Thanks so much my friend!!!
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That snake is awesome!

Southerns are by far my favorite snake of all time. I was just telling a friend that you can't sell any hatchlings for at least a year, so you can get an idea of what they will look like.

They just keep getting better with every shed.

Jay

Thanks Jay!
Yeah, it has been a trip to watch her grow!!!
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