Borneo's Colors as They Age

[Hapa_Haole]

Do they tend to brown out and fade out with age? I see tons of striking, very dark with well defined patterned neonate borneos but to be honest I haven't seen an adult to match. An example of this is the currently available Borneos on bloodpythons.com. IMO the babies look much different (and better) than their parents. So what's the deal? Do they change much with age? Or have I just not seen a big enough sample of adults? Thanks.

-Dennis

[Drew87]

The little one i have seems to get lighter and lighter. So i would say no.

[Hapa_Haole]

Sorry, I think I worded my question wrong. On Kara's website the baby Borneo's have lots of black on their backs which contrasts beautifully with their lighter spots and patterns. But the parents have little or no black in them at all. So you're saying that the black in the neonates tends to get lighter and lighter until its brown?
Thanks,
-Dennis

[AaronP]

Definetly not, they get lighter. My little girl in stages:

When I first got her:


Couple months later:


Latest Picture of her (She's about 11 months old now):


She is about 1200 Grams

[Hapa_Haole]

Thanks Aaron. That is just what I was looking for!

[Drew87]

good use of pics haha

[Hapa_Haole]

good use of pics haha

Agreed.

Drew, do you have any pics? I'd love to see some more Borneo's even if they aren't chronologically taken! Haha.

[sg1trogdor]

She is about 1200 Grams

Jesus My borneo is about 9 months and only 600 grams ans shes never missed a meal. What are you feeding that thing miracle grow? Always confuses me when I see animals this young that are that big already. I must just have slow growers or something. Sorry to hijack the thread.

[sg1trogdor]

heres a few old pics of my little girl.


As for the roaches ignore them. Although they are fun to poke and make hiss

[Drew87]

Agreed.

Drew, do you have any pics? I'd love to see some more Borneo's even if they aren't chronologically taken! Haha.

I will dig some up for you.