I also suggest looking to Nick Mutton for carpet pythons. He keeps a huge collection of carpets and still finds time to answer questions/inquiries in a timely fashion. I've also noticed a trend with some jungle people in which they raise up animals fast and retire them early, before they advance into their fully mature colors. I suppose they want to be able to show neon yellow breeders but these animals aren't really what I call adults if they're only 3-4 years old. Nick does things right and has some proper older animals pictured in his lineages so you can get a real idea of what your animal will look like for the vast majority of it's life.
Figured I'd add a few pictures of animals at different stages in life. Not a shameless plug since I don't have any animals available, haha.
Jungles hatch out very muted:
Youngsters coloring up:
Siblings, they don't all color up at the same rate or to the same degree. These were around 9-12 months at the time:
More of a wild type color on this yearling, more dirty gold than yellow:
Holdback yearling pair:
Old male, in the 19-20 year range at the time of this picture:
More recent shot, he's 21 now:
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