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I bought 6 blizzard babies that were ice white. They are now about 6 months old and with every shed they are turning a darker grey. Why would they turn colors? Will they ever be white again? Thanks

I know this doesn't really answer your question...I was just wondering how aggressive your blizzards are? I almost bought one myself but she was very aggressive. I am not sure why they change...I do know that they change from being a baby to an adult, they lighten up. Not sure about going darker....sorry I couldn't help more.

They are housed together, I'll try putting them in their own tanks and see what happens. They are very aggressive! Totally different than my other leos. Thanks for the help

Usually, if any leo darkens up it means that they are stressed.
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It could mean that they are sheding.

Are they housed together or in groups of any number?
Blizzards will get darker when they're stressed. If yours are approching breeding age and are housed together they may be getting stressed.
If they are housed seprately, are they getting enough heat?

Just be thankful they're only grey. When my male gets stressed/pissed off, he turns dark purplish-grey. lol

Mine turns grey when stressed also.

It is not that aggressive, a little shy when I first got her but dine now. I handle her every day though.

Sometimes you have this. It could be stress as mentioned but alot of the blizzards today are becoming a grey to tremper brown. I think it was caused by people using darker inferior normals to produce hets in the beginning to produce their own. As they mature they get darker kinda like a normal gaining spots and darkness as it grows. Maybe not but this is my theory if they kept breeding them to albinos and patts to make hets they stay lighter. The color they turn when they stress is caused by the remaining melanin in their skin kinda coming to the surface. Almost kinda like a chameleon changing colors in a slight way.

I hadn't put much thought into why two of my blizzards were getting darker as they matured, but the theory of breeders using normals to pruduce hets in the beginning does make sense. As for stress...with the exception of breeding colonies, and only during season, all of my animals are housed individually with a hot spot of 88-90 and a cool side of 80-82.
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Well I don't know if patternless's are anything like blizzards but my male patternless turns dark brown when I take away his heat but when I put him back in his enclosure with his heat he turns bright yellow.