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I thought I'd make a post showing the progress of the babies from 8-04. These are het. for albinism and possible het. for calico. The babies were quite dark when born and not very impressive. This is a pic taken at about a week and a half...

The babies are lightening up, some more than others. Here's a pic taken at around 3 months old of one of the lightest ones...

Another interesting thing is that some of the babies are a brownish ground color and some are greenish, and there is some variation inbetween. That may be because the father was the brownish variety and the mother was the greenish variety. There's a possibility that the calico gene is making some influence too, on the 50% that have it, making them lighter colored.

The main thing though is that these snakes tend to get more colorful and lighter colored as they mature. This is happening with my calico female too.

TC

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Ratsnake Haven: Calico and albino Chinese beauty snakes, Mandarin ratsnakes, Chinese twin-spotted ratsnakes, South Korean Dione's ratsnake, Great Plains ratsnakes and corns

keep us posted.......

keith
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I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.

Gorgeous Terry! Do you have any for sale? I have developed quite a bug for beauty's lately but don't necessarily want the huge size potential of blues or taiwans. To me, the chinese would be the ideal beauty snake. In any case, keep up the great work and post more pics of those calicos!!

Billy

>>I thought I'd make a post showing the progress of the babies from 8-04. These are het. for albinism and possible het. for calico. The babies were quite dark when born and not very impressive. This is a pic taken at about a week and a half...
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>>The babies are lightening up, some more than others. Here's a pic taken at around 3 months old of one of the lightest ones...
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>>Another interesting thing is that some of the babies are a brownish ground color and some are greenish, and there is some variation inbetween. That may be because the father was the brownish variety and the mother was the greenish variety. There's a possibility that the calico gene is making some influence too, on the 50% that have it, making them lighter colored.
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>>The main thing though is that these snakes tend to get more colorful and lighter colored as they mature. This is happening with my calico female too.
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>>Ratsnake Haven: Calico and albino Chinese beauty snakes, Mandarin ratsnakes, Chinese twin-spotted ratsnakes, South Korean Dione's ratsnake, Great Plains ratsnakes and corns

Thanks, Billy. I don't have any for sale at this time, or use this forum for that. I just thought the changes were interesting. I agree that the Chinese beauties are ideal, however. These guys are easily maintained; don't take up near the space any of the others do; are very interesting in many ways; come in a variety of morphs..more all the time; are tame; and are very hardy. They are a great pet in spite of their size, somewhat racer-like nature, and their secretive habits. I just had to say that stuff 'cus these guys are too cool..heheh! TC.

Thanks for the info Terry. I have always kept large boids, but got out of the hobby about 6 years ago and then jumped back in about 3 years ago with smaller species (and less of them) and am really enjoying the smaller collection of the smaller snakes. I have always had a soft spot for rats of any kind and have become very interested in the beauties in the last year or so, but the size and space demands of the taiwans and blues have kind of put me off. Then, I discovered the chinese and everyone's description of them sounds just perfect for me! Again, thanks for the info. and keep the pics coming. I love to see the changes from infant through adulthood! Billy

>>Thanks, Billy. I don't have any for sale at this time, or use this forum for that. I just thought the changes were interesting. I agree that the Chinese beauties are ideal, however. These guys are easily maintained; don't take up near the space any of the others do; are very interesting in many ways; come in a variety of morphs..more all the time; are tame; and are very hardy. They are a great pet in spite of their size, somewhat racer-like nature, and their secretive habits. I just had to say that stuff 'cus these guys are too cool..heheh! TC.
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Right on! with the smaller collection of smaller snakes. I feel the same. Thanks for the nice comments too.

With all I have to do in a normal week, a large collection taking up lots of space and time was too stressful on the snakes and me. This is supposed to be fun, right?

I just can't resist the beauties though. It's the largest snake I have right now, but they are just too interesting to ignore, so I've focused on the smallest ones I could get. They don't take up as much space as you would think either. I think you would like them too. There's lots of good things about them for the average keeper who doesn't need to be handling the snakes all the time.

TC