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changing color
When I had Rosie out today, I noticed that she's gone from a nice gray color to a light red / salmon-ish color. Her belly is also dotted in this color, and her brown spots have almost turned black. Is this normal?
As far as I know, she's no sort of morph.
I'll post photos as soon as I find batteries.
1.1 rottweilers - Ondo and Kiara
1.0 rat terrier - Fletcher
2.2.2 ball pythons - Brutus, Adrian, Hayden, Luke, Daisy, Hunter
1.0 orange kitty - Potter
1.1 tarantulas - Ozzy and Shelob
0.0.1 leopard gecko - Leopard Gecko
1.1 Dumeril's boas - Dale and Melinda
0.0.1 bull snake - Bill
0.0.1 jungle carpet python - Fred
0.0.1 cornsnake - Rico
0.0.1 grey banded kingsnake - Prince
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Re: changing color
Color change in boa's can be related to stress, housing/husbandry issues, impending shed or it can be just their natural light/dark phases. They seem to darken to gather heat, lighten when they don't need to and it's pretty startling how different they can look. Anytime you aren't sure what's going on though, always check husbandry and health first.
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Re: changing color
Several of my boas will pink up when they are in their light phase. Pretty, isn't it?
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Re: changing color
I notice a pink belly for most of the boas as they approach the shed cycle
~Jake~
Too many boas to list and a few balls as well
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Re: changing color
Petey is VERY silvery grey when in a light phase, but almost a dark brown in the other. Hera doesn't change much except right after shedding. Pinky T gets VERY, VERY pink bright..and dark when she gets ready to shed. (She's a pastel).
If the husbandry is okay, then he's probably getting into a shed cycle.
Sweety314
Fantabulous Daughter, Robin 21 Snakes & counting...Rosie, LTR, corns, Kenyan SB, RTBs, balls of var. morphs/norms; purple albino retic 2 horses, 4 cats, rat mommies, rat daddies and rat babies (mmmm, food!), In Loving Memory: Peekaboo, Goober, Scabbers, Happy (thx 4 35 years), Stripe, Baby, Snoopy, Smudge, Stewie-- You will be missed! Steve Irwin 2/2/62 to 9/4/06
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Re: changing color
This is gonna sound stupid, buuuut...
What's this phase stuff?
1.1 rottweilers - Ondo and Kiara
1.0 rat terrier - Fletcher
2.2.2 ball pythons - Brutus, Adrian, Hayden, Luke, Daisy, Hunter
1.0 orange kitty - Potter
1.1 tarantulas - Ozzy and Shelob
0.0.1 leopard gecko - Leopard Gecko
1.1 Dumeril's boas - Dale and Melinda
0.0.1 bull snake - Bill
0.0.1 jungle carpet python - Fred
0.0.1 cornsnake - Rico
0.0.1 grey banded kingsnake - Prince
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Re: changing color
Not stupid at all....
Just a time period when the color of the boa changes from either temperature, shedding or ??? I'm not sure, but the articles < I've > read said that the color changes or "phases" in boas aren't really understood.
Now, when a snake changes before shedding (pink belly, dull body color, etc.) that's well understood, but for the boas it's a little different.
Maybe one of the BREEDERS will have a more definitive answer for you. Mine is just from articles I've tried to find as research for answers.
Sweety314
Fantabulous Daughter, Robin 21 Snakes & counting...Rosie, LTR, corns, Kenyan SB, RTBs, balls of var. morphs/norms; purple albino retic 2 horses, 4 cats, rat mommies, rat daddies and rat babies (mmmm, food!), In Loving Memory: Peekaboo, Goober, Scabbers, Happy (thx 4 35 years), Stripe, Baby, Snoopy, Smudge, Stewie-- You will be missed! Steve Irwin 2/2/62 to 9/4/06
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Re: changing color
Same snake, different phases:
Light phase (the flash washed the colors out a bit but basically more of a light grey/dry sand background color)....
Dark phase....
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Re: changing color
Sonja also has really really dark phase Like today after her bunny meal.
--Becky--
?.? Normals, 1.0 100% Het Pied Classic Jungle, 1.0 Yellow Hypo, 0.1 100% Het Butterscotch Hypo, 0.1 100% Het VPI Hypo, 0.1 100% Het Yellow Hypo, 1.0 Enchi, 1.1 Yellowbellies, 0.1 YB Granite, 1.0 Black Pastel, 1.0 Lemon Pastel, 0.1 50% Possible Het Banded Albino, 0.1 Spider, 1.0 Fire, 0.2 Granite
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Re: changing color
Heat conservation mode= dark phase.
Cooling off mode= light phase.
This is 99% of the time true, like with every snake rule...there is always a few exceptions.
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