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How many sheds will my tiger go through before i see a change in color.

Thomas j Jul 13, 2003 01:37 PM

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Thomas Jones
aligatorhunter@earthlink.net

The impossible is often the untried!!!

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BrianSmith Jul 13, 2003 03:04 PM

...constrictor forum anyway.

You should actually see some lightening, or subtle yellowing with each and every shed. It is gradual and over time. But it will begin to be very noticeable after maybe 6 to 8 sheds and she is nearing a year old and maybe 8 feet. (depending on how you feed her). This is when their beauty begins to become mindblowing and you start to pray that it increases and remains into their adulthood. I say this because I have experienced the opposite effect. I have a male tiger, that while he is still very beautiful,.... he began to actually dull after about 8 months. He was going through the usual lightening phases and getting more stunning (he started out an AMAZING greenish color on cream background) and I had huge plans for him in peripheral tiger/super/albino projects. But then he began to darken a bit. And this gradually increased (decreased? lol) and now he does not have that incredible vibrancy and light colors that he once had. It's a bit of a crap shoot at times, I guess. But judging by the number that became more beautiful as opposed to the single male that did a reverse on me,.. I'd say the odds are very much in favor of your girl simply becoming more beautiful. And remember,.. don't get me wrong about that particular male of mine. He did not become "ugly",... no, he went from stunningly beautiful, to just plain beautiful. Email me and I'll shoot you some pictures of what I mean.

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>>Thomas Jones
>>aligatorhunter@earthlink.net
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>>The impossible is often the untried!!!
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It isn't "Ideas" that fail or succeed,... it is the "Systems" which are instilled to launch and sustain the idea that either fail or succeed.>[Me.]

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