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Here is a very cool hog we produced this season She has a weird blue-ish green color at the base of her scales and her background color changes as it goes from her head to her tail. Really odd looking.

Nice, what were the parents?

What you going call her?

The only thing blue in that picture is the background dude

Since my original message was deleted, I will try to get my point across a bit more politically.

Firstly, I said, "blue-ish" green.
Secondly, you may not be looking in the right place or your screen may need to be adjusted to see proper colors.
If you look at the base of the scales, you will see the blue-ish green color I described.

Lastly, if you do not have something productive to add to the thread, you might be better off not getting involved in it. My advice.... Stick to your ground boas.

" Lastly, if you do not have something productive to add to the thread, you might be better off not getting involved in it. My advice.... Stick to your ground boas. "

Very professional Gregg! ( rolls eyes! )

In other words, if we read between the lines, what you are saying is that if people don't type a response to your liking, you are gonna throw a little fit on an online forum?

Gregg, the hog is beautiful, and does have a " greenish-blue ' hue to its' colors. If you really think it is blue, that is fine. Maybe in person, it is. Who knows? However, no need for you to add another insult to the poster by saying, " stick to your ground boas. "

You gotta lighten up, or you may end up with the nickname Gregg " My hog is blue! " Madden! HA!!!

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I don't see any "blue-sh" color on it either! I see green, just not any blue or blue-sh. I don't think I'm alone on this one either!

Very unprofessional as a seller to make such a derogatory comment to someone that was just stating his opinion!

Actually, you guys are right. There was a history with the person I addressed in this thread a while back and I should not have let it show on here. My fault.

Anyway, I never claimed the hog was blue at any time. Just said it has blue-ish green coloration at the scale base. And yes, it is much more obvious in person. As most of you know, it is hard to capture certain hues on camera. One of the reasons I do not show photos of my lemon ghost. In your hand, it looks highlighter yellow. When you photograph it, it looks normal. That's just how it is with these critters sometimes.

Its also based on popular hognose culture. Some the morphs that have color names and in reality are not that color. Not to the average viewer. Like green hognose. They may have a hint of green, but by no means are green.(just an example)

With that said, its about the trade. If that's all the green it takes to add a value to that animals, then great, if that's all the bluish(bluish green) it needs to add value to that animal, then great again.

Nice hog Gregg, I hope you attempt to bring out the blue and produce a Madden blue ling hog. Blue in snakes is rare and beautiful. I am thinking a blue axanthic. naw, that cannot happen, can it?

The point is, a lot of these morphs have a start. Great place to start. Just look at balls, many many morphs started with the smallest of differences that the average person called normal.

Six month's ago I would have called the color green, but I have been taking an art class. You have to look close but there is a slight bluish hue in the green (took almost 4 months before the teacher was able to get me to see colors other than the prominent shade).

Looks like the Munsell Student Charts are up next.

There really are green hogs.

Glad you see it as well. Being an artist myself, my eye is "trained" to see hues of color.

Gregg you just explained it, its greenish hues in the green hog pic. But if you place an actual green up to it, the snake has no green. A Greentree python, is green, a green snake is green, that hog has greenish hues. Its still nice as heck.

I think the point is, its about the trade, that is a green hognose in the hognose trade. How it compares to other hogs, not to greensnakes. And the blue one, breed those and express more and more blue. That would be outa hand.

I have seen a few green Mexicans in the field. I need a larger family, something like 20 kids. that way I would keep lots of WC's. AS it is, we have three hunting lic, so that limits what I can collect. I think this year, I will attempt to obtain holding permits, will see how that works out.

hahahahahahaha actually you are so correct. Its actually aqua marine. As one who had to play with colors. Anyway, thanks and your right, training is key.