Noodle is sure growing up, & it's nice to see her around here again.
Some "black" rat snakes have a lot of red coloration "hiding" under the black, so when bred for amelanistic, you get some very pretty red-orange patterns on cream, or some just peachy-cream, & all sorts of variations. In addition, she might have some yellow or Everglades (orange!) rat snake genes too- some ppl have been mixing them up for a while to get different looks. I used to have & breed amel. black rat snakes (sometimes referred to as albino, but obviously that's the wrong term if just the black is missing).
These rat snakes all make great pets- they get a pretty good size & are easier to care for than BPs (need less heat & very easy to feed f/t)- more active too.
For anyone that doesn't know, I have a group of "Florida" rat snakes- yellow rat snakes x gulf-hammock + Everglades (at least as far as I can tell). I got them back in '09 from a guy in FL who lost his job & home & couldn't keep them- he moved up to NY for a job (last I heard). My adult males are now 7', the females are about 5 1/2'- mostly because instead of growing, they produce dozens of eggs every year, even without my ever allowing them to breed, so they don't grow quite as big as the males.
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