BP's that hold their color the best as adults

[dtannous30]

In my option anything fire gets better with age fireflys stay bright my 2 keep getting better and better !!!

[T&C Exotics]

Can't forget vanilla as well. It holds color very well.. Also Lavender albino holds color way better than standard albino. Enchi also looks better with age... Ummm that is all I can think of as of right now.

[dtannous30]

Can't forget vanilla as well. It holds color very well.. Also Lavender albino holds color way better than standard albino. Enchi also looks better with age... Ummm that is all I can think of as of right now.

Yea the vanilla cream stays smokin as an adult fire and vanilla blend well I still need to add vanilla to my collection I have fires and fireflys I would only get my vanillas from gulfcoast they have the best !!

[NYHC4LIFE8899]

All I know is my reg ghost is getting prettier with each shed,he's looking brighter.. Just good,real good,my black pastel just shed for the first time he's also a beauty,but then again,maybe it's me I love my snakes

[Wizard]

Can I ask what's the reason for your question about best color holding adults? Just curious.

Good question Misha,

For the life of me, I can't rationalize spending hundreds and in many cases thousands of $$$ on an animal that as a juvenile looks completely different than it does as an adult. Unless its colour gets brighter or it maintains it's brilliance as it ages.

Maybe someone with more experience can explain it to me.

[Mr. Misha]

Good question Misha,

For the life of me, I can't rationalize spending hundreds and in many cases thousands of $$$ on an animal that as a juvenile looks completely different than it does as an adult. Unless its colour gets brighter or it maintains it's brilliance as it ages.

Maybe someone with more experience can explain it to me.

I just think it depends on what you're buying your snakes for in the first place. I personally have mine as pets. I want to breed for fun, but I'm not too worried about them changing color a bit. I already see the change in my Albino and I'm sure that my Pastave girl will get a bit darker. Would I love high contrast snakes? Definitely! But am I freaking out about it? Neh...

Now, if I was a breeder, it would be a different scenario.

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[satomi325]

Who wouldn't want a BP that holds and retains their colors as adults? I think if you wanted a ball Python for display purposes(not that they're good display animals) or just a pretty pet or heck breeding stock, I would want a snake that retains their beautiful baby colors. Or at least something equivalent or better since they all change to a degree.

For example, pastels have some of the worst changes. Most brown out terribly and you wouldn't be able to tell they were suppose to be yellow in the first place. A brown pastel doesn't really make a stellar visual example.

Add fire to that pastel, and they do stay vibrant and yellow. You add hypo or desert ghost to that pastel and they also stay yellow and get better with age.


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[Marissa@MKmorphs]

Hypo/Ghost
Desert Ghost
Fire
Vanilla


Check out SansCera and the hypo combos he produces (especially fire hypos!).

[Mike41793]

Hypo/Ghost
Desert Ghost
Fire
Vanilla


Check out SansCera and the hypo combos he produces (especially fire hypos!).

I agree with marissa.

SansCera hypo fire, he's only getting nicer as he ages:

[Pythonfriend]

it all depends on the combos i think.

single-gene axanthics, for example, most often brown out with age. in a perfect world they should stay limited to black, white and grey. add one copy of fire and it wont brown out, the issue is resolved, with fire the axanthics look just like they should all the way into old age. they are really awesome and visually stunning.

also pastel, i mean, i dont really like single-gene pastel because of the browning out, but there are combos that fix it. combined with other morphs that age well and that counteract the drawbacks that single-gene pastel has, pastel still has a lot of value and can be quite a beneficial as a nice pattern and color enhancer.

i think many of the genes that dont really work on their own can still have real value and real purposes in the right combos.

which also means that some genes make a lot of sense for breeders to have, but wont be a really visual pet on their own. when you want a really visual pet that will stay looking nice, you need to go either for one of the genes that work well on their own, or for a combo that works really well.

some are basically like "het for awesome".