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Maby it is just my imagination but this animal seems to have more pink highlights. I gut load chicken chicks with flamingo chow before I cull them for my snakes. She was fed gut loaded chicks. She didn,t seem this pink when I got her. Flamingo chow has color enhansers for the feather coloration in flamingos they are white without a rich carotin diet.

Nice big lizard! I can see the pink BUT I would question long term health effects?
Flamingos have a had a long time to adapt to the physiological artifacts of their dietary regime, perhaps helos would to but I would limit trials to an animal whose loss I would be able to bear. I like the "paint job" on this animal from Angeli.

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Lateralis
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Marion "Doc" Ford

I am refering to carotin which they get as a natural source in the wild (Quail Eggs) store bought eggs have light yellow yokes but range chickens have very orange yokes. Carotin effects color in skin and has no boundries people who eat alot of carrots which are high in carotin for instance the palms of their hands turn orange. There are many examples of carotin affecting the color of bird feathers, snake skin in my case, Falcons foot and nasal color and peoples skin. I would venture to guess that Dr Seward is no slouch when it comes to the nutrition of his animals. They seem to have some of the most vibrent colors around.

By the way this was only two months of feeding high carotin. My intention is good nutrition. The chow was just a good source of carotin.

B Lets see a recent photo of that animal.
HorridumA

Hey bro, when I get back from Las Vegas I'll throw a few nice ones up. both are kicking a$$.
Ciao
B

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Lateralis
"I would rather be precisely wrong than approximately right"
Marion "Doc" Ford

I am not dicounting your theory, how ever H.horridum sometimes gets a pinkinsh color to the ostioderms. I have seen this in some of my animals when I fed them frequently and they grew at an excellerated rate. Now I am no expert on Flamingos, but the animal photographed looks well fed. Hue changes in the color are something that H.h.exasperatum goes through frequently especially with its rapid growth in captivity.
HorridumAngeli

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I took the picture the day I posted it. Would you like a picture showing her size. She is around 24 inches. I see pinkish coloration on the one you are holding. Thank you for the respectable reply. I can continue the vitamins if you would be interested in the results. They should in no way harm her.

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