Cake the high-contrast albino! (photography explosion)

[redshepherd]

I just joined this forum, though I've been lurking on and off for the past few years. :D My permanent residents so far are Cake the albino male BP and Vigil the Dumeril's Boa. I also have a black pastel female that I was planning on breeding to Cake in the long-term to produce albino black pastels, but that interest in the plan fell through. :s

But this is Cake's thread...

I just obtained him as a hatchling from Breeder's Circle at the end of May 2015. I'm getting that Cake is relatively high-contrast (post-processing helps, but he really is high-contrast in real life too!), though I'm not sure if this is a one time fluke or something that can be passed on.

This was when he was around 80g only two months ago!

https://40.media.tumblr.com/ea53775d7d995e20bd202ec493535fe3/tumblr_nraxr9wbaf1uw32zso1_1280.jpg

https://40.media.tumblr.com/438d542e75c81583c9efceda404a7513/tumblr_nraxr9wbaf1uw32zso2_1280.jpg

A LITTLE bit bigger...

https://41.media.tumblr.com/c1a73fd9d116b03bec90484bc233a6ff/tumblr_ns6m30o15n1uw32zso1_1280.jpg

The little golden garden prince with Portulacaria afra.

https://40.media.tumblr.com/91a404c68678b44d7045bbfd3bd7d1de/tumblr_nsf5ayP32I1uw32zso1_1280.jpg

https://36.media.tumblr.com/edf19d45c6bf5649fa5e66ecac092280/tumblr_nsfaunonQg1uw32zso1_1280.jpg

https://40.media.tumblr.com/4fe003b899e0fa7122e80ab2f186f657/tumblr_nsf5ayP32I1uw32zso2_1280.jpg

A pretty candid tub photo just to show his colors.

https://40.media.tumblr.com/c1f022d6eba77685ede3c823d3d31456/tumblr_nsjio4qW6e1uw32zso1_1280.jpg

[redshepherd]

I tried posting more photos in a 2nd post, but it was getting denied- so I guess these will just have to do for now!

[CrazyAnimalLady]

Wow! Beautiful snake!

[Minkness]

Jeezus! He practically glows!!!

Not usually a fan of albinos but daaang...he's pretty! Will he keep that contrast and color as an adult?

[redshepherd]

Wow! Beautiful snake!

Thanks! I'm thinking about finding a high-contrast albino female in a year or so to breed him to.

Jeezus! He practically glows!!!

Not usually a fan of albinos but daaang...he's pretty! Will he keep that contrast and color as an adult?

I have no clue if it will stay when he's full-grown, but I sure hope so! He's 4 months old so far and it hasn't vanished much yet.

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Hopefully this forum lets me post some more of these photos now..

The most recent ones. I think these couple are relatively the most realistic to his true color when under the sunlight.

https://41.media.tumblr.com/dc03cdc5b2fda8c231a01ecb11e23ace/tumblr_nu2x6rlA461uw32zso1_1280.jpg

https://40.media.tumblr.com/21df288393ec3b84fa47db7099d7ee23/tumblr_nu2x6rlA461uw32zso2_1280.jpg

Cake hanging out around my laptop, always.

https://40.media.tumblr.com/152256ca8c0601baa0e95587c7116660/tumblr_nttqqaS5121uw32zso2_1280.jpg

Eating is always amusing.

https://40.media.tumblr.com/e8bf1c26dabded08f0c3dcef7e81a876/tumblr_ntocvjbrL01uw32zso1_1280.jpg

He is basically a vibrant blob on my hand.

https://41.media.tumblr.com/933dccc8fef5e9345952ce38bca3d25d/tumblr_nt43afMjsm1uw32zso1_1280.jpg