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Here is a photo comparison of my red Ocean Co. northern pine from when I purchased him as a hatchling last year until now. He was so red as a baby, and I had never seen a baby northern that red before, making baby/young Okeetee corns look lame in color! LOL! Here is the first pic:

Here is his most recent pic:

Quite a change, don't ya think? It gave me some food for thought on the subject on how to pick out baby northerns as far as what color you are hoping they will be growing up as. In some cases, there may not be a definite sustain of color from birth to adulthood...and in some cases, there may be. My northern with the brightest white did retain his white and it has intensified with age. After seeing the reddest northern I personally ever saw age and lose the red this much in one year, I am now convinced you never can tell 100%.

Overall, the shock of seeing this big of a change in color in this red male has made watching him grow such a pleasant experience and not disappointing. Kind of like seeing deppei and jani age,....you never know what you will get.

Take care!

Billy
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That certainly is quite the change but a real beauty none the less! The red gene sure seems to be wreckless in the pits for sure. The northerns that I hatched out this year were pretty much carbon copies of last year. I posted a pic of the male that I held back last year below. When my pines hatch there generally is not much red there. After there first shed is when it appears, some more than others. Now that my male is a year old he still holds some nice red. I am really tempted to keep a girl just to watch her progress as well. Anyway, nice animal Billy! Take care!

Jeremy

Billy!
Wow! talk about totally clarifying something I've been telling all my customers, that babies can change so much! Raymond, guess this means number 6 could end up losing all that red, he isn't even as red as this baby was! Thanks for sharing Billy! Very cool! How about an update pic of that jani of yours?
Russell

Russ,

Yeah...babies can change and this is some proof!! LOL!!!! One guy I know kept back the ugliest northern he ever hatched just for kicks. It grew up to be one of the prettiest in his collection.

That is in no way saying that something like that is always guaranteed, but was interesting to learn of. Northerns really can change a lot but still...if I was looking for a certain thing, like color, etc...then I would most likely pick the baby that matched that.....cause they CAN grow up looking like you would expect and then from my example, they also can change drastically.

Take care!

Billy
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That is quite a beauty of a male! Amazing about the color change, I read somewhere that the red northerns become more red with age. Thats quite strange. Too bad for the loss of red, but that loss was also a gain as that is one incredible pine!
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Yeah..I was quite dumbfounded to say the least. I kept looking at him in Daytona last year, thinking that I would end up regretting not getting him cause his red was so prevalent as as hatchling. Then he pulled a Metallica on me...lol!!!!!!!

BUT..he is now probably my second best black and white northern...his sister who was black and white is now turning white but has brown/red saddles on the side, connected to the black saddles on top...she is really interesting to say the least.

The red male is a killer snake though..temperment and all...he loves to be held for long periods of time.

Take care bro!

Billy
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