Pale male

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

well the two of the five that were not growing much and seemed a little less willing to survive have died as I expected, but the remaining three are skyrocketing in growth and will take ANYTHING I hand to them, and the smallest of the three can now eat whole day old pinks. The other two are still scared to try that

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

are they still getting lighter?

well the two of the five that were not growing much and seemed a little less willing to survive have died as I expected, but the remaining three are skyrocketing in growth and will take ANYTHING I hand to them, and the smallest of the three can now eat whole day old pinks. The other two are still scared to try that

[Zephyr]

I caught a snake like this earlier this year. They're very pretty snakes, an overall lighter coloration. Probably just some sort of gene that hinders melanin production. Theoretically, one could do a series of inbreeding to produce hypomelanistic individuals...

[count dewclaw]

That's what I hope to work on...

[Zephyr]

Ah. :P
You'd need a female like that, unless it's sex-linked.

[count dewclaw]

I have him in with a female and I'm hoping some of the offspring will be light. Keep the lightest offspring and breed them, and so on and so forth...we shall see.

[Zephyr]

Ah. :P
Just hope that the female is het for the lighter color.

[count dewclaw]

Yeah, me too! There is a chance that she is his mother...

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I don't mean to bring ya down at all, but I don't think that snake is a hypo! I mean he could be, but, chances are he's just a bit lighter than most. He just doesn't stand out as hypo to me, but he still is a very pretty snake. But anyways, just be sure that when you do get babies from HIS babies, start outcrossing so they don't become too inbred, it will weaken their genes and you could start to see problems

[count dewclaw]

I don't mean to bring ya down at all, but I don't think that snake is a hypo! I mean he could be, but, chances are he's just a bit lighter than most. He just doesn't stand out as hypo to me, but he still is a very pretty snake. But anyways, just be sure that when you do get babies from HIS babies, start outcrossing so they don't become too inbred, it will weaken their genes and you could start to see problems

I agree, I don't think he's hypo, now that I've seen what hypos look like. I just really like his coloring. I do know about not inbreeding too much, but thanks for the reminder.