Is he...

[eveningdahlia]

I know the rule of if you have to ask if its normal it probably is. I'm not terribly experienced with morphs and this guy seems to look more Fire to me (even then the Fires have a pretty vast variation) than normal. Doesn't matter to me what he is in the end, as I brought him home from a lady who was "allergic", and have since got the shed off his face and gave his tail a nice soak to get all the retained shed off.

Anywhooo, opinions







^ Just because he's a cutiepie


Thanks all!!

[rlditmars]

He looks like a nice normal. He looks a little thin and since you said he had stuck shed, there is a good chance that the husbandry wasn't very good. You may find as you care for him and get everything right with his husbandry that his color may change. Sometimes if there is a dietary difficiency, it can cause a shift in their colors and often it looks pale or blushed. Best of luck.

[eveningdahlia]

I agree on his weight. He did eat for me Sunday. She told me he was two years old, brought him home and weighed him and he was at 298g. She had him on small mice previously. My work in progress boy.

[h00blah]

He looks like a nice normal. He looks a little thin and since you said he had stuck shed, there is a good chance that the husbandry wasn't very good. You may find as you care for him and get everything right with his husbandry that his color may change. Sometimes if there is a dietary difficiency, it can cause a shift in their colors and often it looks pale or blushed. Best of luck.

I've noticed that too, but I rarely see photo evidence of it. Probably because people who don't care enough to feed their snakes care even less to post pictures of them to a forum ...

It looks like a normal to me, but a very nice light normal. Looks more like a pale cinny to me than a fire . But yeah, it's a very nice looking normal. Good luck on bringing that one back to 100% health!

[Coldsavage32]

I'm not to sure but it looks almost like a het red axanthic but it could just be a really nice normal

[greco]

Probably normal, although you never know. Really nice pattern though. You'll likely see his coloration get darker and more rich if you can switch him over to rat pups. Plus he'll grow a lot more!

[darkranger69]

2 years and 300gr?????? how is it possible to starve a snake like that??? my worst eater at 2 years is still 650gr....

[eveningdahlia]

My sentiments exactly. Poor thing regurg'd his meal. Keeping him toasty and tucked away until he recoops.

[BartW]

Beautiful snakr but as mentioned before, hoe could he possibly be undet 300g. My normal male weights 500g and he is only 3,5 months old. He may be a good either, but obviously the previous owner starved him/her

[eveningdahlia]

Or she lied about his age, or was lied to about his age. Combination of things. I'm sure she meant well. He'll be fattened up regardless as soon as he starts to feel better.