I've seen some beautiful Everglades pics here. How old are they when they come into full color? I have 2 not yet a year old, and one has orange, but still most of the hatchling pattern, and the other is just starting to get an orange tinge.
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Everglades and color
janetlee14
Jun 21, 2003 05:37 PM
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terryp
Jun 21, 2003 06:27 PM
change from blotches to stripes and change their color faster than others. They should have completed their transition by the third year is a basic timeline to use.
>>I've seen some beautiful Everglades pics here. How old are they when they come into full color? I have 2 not yet a year old, and one has orange, but still most of the hatchling pattern, and the other is just starting to get an orange tinge.
janetlee14
Jun 21, 2003 07:22 PM
Thank you SO much! I can't tell you how many times I've asked that question in different places and never got an answer until now. The parents of my babies are really beautiful and very red so I hope these guys will be also.
Dwight Good
Jun 21, 2003 09:48 PM
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Dwight Good
Jun 21, 2003 09:40 PM
>>How old are they when they come into full color? I have 2 not yet a year old, and one has orange, but still most of the hatchling pattern, and the other is just starting to get an orange tinge.
I would say that most of their color will have developed by 2 years of age, but they can still continue to change even after that point.
Here is a pic of full siblings, spaced one year apart. The smaller snake is an '02 and the larger an '01. They were produced by the same pair of adult breeders.
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janetlee14
Jun 21, 2003 10:33 PM
A picture's worth a 1000 words they say, and this one sure helped. Since hatchlings don't look anything like adults, can you go by what the parents look like at all to get an idea of what they'll look like?
Dwight Good
Jun 21, 2003 10:40 PM
>>Since hatchlings don't look anything like adults, can you go by what the parents look like at all to get an idea of what they'll look like?
Yes and no... the parents *can* give you a good approximation of what to expect out of the babies, but the cold hard truth is that there is much variation in these animals. I guess what I mean is, good looking adults will produce good looking babies, but not 100% of the time. However the probability is higher than just a random pairing of average aniamls. I know this probably didn't help, sorry.
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terryp
Jun 22, 2003 04:05 PM
Nice picture comparison on how much the pattern and color can change in one year.
>>>>How old are they when they come into full color? I have 2 not yet a year old, and one has orange, but still most of the hatchling pattern, and the other is just starting to get an orange tinge.
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>>I would say that most of their color will have developed by 2 years of age, but they can still continue to change even after that point.
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>>Here is a pic of full siblings, spaced one year apart. The smaller snake is an '02 and the larger an '01. They were produced by the same pair of adult breeders.
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>>Dwight Good
>>http://www.kingsnake.com/obsoleta
