I whant to know at what aprox. age the hatchlings start becoming orange like the adult color. THANKS
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Everglades hatchlings color
reptilesmendoza
Dec 12, 2004 04:20 PM
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dan felice
Dec 12, 2004 05:04 PM
even after just a couple sheds, you can begin to see an orange blush starting on most hatchlings......
Hotshot
Dec 13, 2004 08:41 PM
There is no approximate time, as all rat snakes go through their ontogenetic change at different paces. Here is a pic of my everglades, he is about 10 months old in this pic and he started turning nice orange at about 2 or 3 months old! The saddles will start fading and the nice orange color will start manifesting with each shed. It doesnt take long, and they grow pretty fast!
Brian
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RATS
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Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian
Elaphefan
Dec 14, 2004 04:53 PM
It partly depends on how much you feed them. Their color changes slowly and they start to form stripes after about a year. They are great looking snakes.
