My current wallpaper (huge pic & DU warning!)

http://newenglandreptile.com/forumpics/flameeye.jpg

That's a pic of "Flame" - a male retic from one of our calico projects. Here are a few more photos of him:

As a youngster:
http://newenglandreptile.com/flame/flame1.jpg
http://newenglandreptile.com/flame/flame2.jpg

And as an adult, after a dramatic color change:

http://newenglandreptile.com/flame/flame4.jpg
http://newenglandreptile.com/flame/flame6.jpg
http://newenglandreptile.com/flame/flame7.jpg
http://newenglandreptile.com/flame/flame8.jpg
http://newenglandreptile.com/flame/flame11.jpg

Enjoy!

K~

He is absolutely beautiful!!! :O :D

so beautiful i had to make the 1st one my wallpaper! hope ya dont mind:)

Oh he's so perdy! I can see why you call him Flame. It does look like flames are creeping up his sides. I love how his eyes are, very deeply colored.

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Originally Posted by rex322

so beautiful i had to make the 1st one my wallpaper! hope ya dont mind:)

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By all means. :) It's kinda crazy to sit down at the comp. & see that big flaming orange eye staring back at you! :D

K~

its absolutly awesome, and staying that way till my dad changes it (as soon as he sees it, lol) i really like it though

Those are absolute beautiful pictures! Of course it helps to have a very photogenic subject. :D What kind of camera do you use? The detail is amazing!!

What an incredible set of photo's Kara (and well worth the wait for us poor dial-up folks), however, I'm not letting Mike see it LOL I don't want to hear about his dream of owning that sort of huge snake one day.

Hmm, actually that brings up a thought. We have a reptile rescue here in Michigan and one of their rules is that won't adopt out a huge breed snake (over 6 or 7 feet I think was their rule) to a single person living alone or a family with a small child....any comments? I know with a 4 year old in the house I'd be more than a bit hesitant about owning something that big. Can you or rather should you ever handle such a snake alone?

Wow, that is a dramatic color change! I don't know what it is about retics, but they just seem to have a more sinister look to them, like they're the tough guys in the group, compared to most of the other boids. Thanks for sharing the pics.