Weird color change

[angllady2]

For the record, some male snakes "glow" when they hit puberty. I've seen it personally in 5 different males.

Once they hit a certain size/age and really get girls on the brain, they get all light and bright and fancy looking. The only big difference being, males stay that way, or at least mine have. The most dramatic change I've ever seen was in my pastel male. He was an adult breeder when I got him, and wasn't really much to look at. Then, after I had him for about 2 years, he suddenly started lightening up like crazy. He just got lighter and brighter with each shed, and he had all this crazy blushing come in that had never been there. When he changed that way, I decided to breed him after all, since I wasn't at first because he was not a very good pastel. I am happy to say he passed his crazy coloring to his offspring, and gave me an amazing pastel son and pastave son that I kept for future breeding.
It is of course possible yours is a girl, but don't discount that he might just be "buffing up" for the ladies so to speak.

And yes, now that he's grown into his breeding color, he'd be a good match for a bright fire, or a light vanilla, or even an exceptional pastel. Actually, pretty much any morph you like that might benefit from a highlighting would be a good choice. That is how I made my fires and vanillas, which most people agree are some of the nicest they've seen.

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