Which BCI morphs age well?

[RedRabbit]

I'm not a boa expert, but I can chime in on the ones I know.

Kahl is the most common albino available. I'm told Sharp holds its colors the best as a single-gene, but I have seen kahl line animals do so as well. Either one will hold significantly more color as a Sunglow (hypo + albino).

Hypo does help retain color with age in albino, though I have not seen it in particular for other morphs. Maybe in the snow-type morphs (albino + anery + hypo vs without).

Aside from hypo, I think IMG improves with age in general and improves colors in albino combos. I.e. more and brighter oranges/yellows when you have both genes. I think adding hypo would improve from there as well.

I haven't learned much about leopard, but blood (not just het blood) do seem to hold a lot of red color from adults displayed at expos near me.

I've only got 2 boas with no breeding plans, but here's pics of them.

Cas, male Kahl line Sunglow yearling


(And his baby picture)


And Darcy, female hypo


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Thank you, that's a very helpful run-down. I do recall reading that Sunglows retain color better because of the addition of Hypo. I've seen some really spectacular Bloods and Hypo Bloods too, though I must admit some bias there since red is my favorite color. Both Cas and Darcy are just beautiful. Tell them they're making my boa itch a lot worse, haha!