Guyanese BoaQuestion

[Colonel SB]

I don't know if it's just me but do you guys and girls notice that Guyanese Red-Tails tend to have a natural striping. Not totaly striping but that they have saddel's that join, out of the 3 that I've had they all had joined saddel's and most of the Guyana's I've seen have some sort of seddel joining. Just some food for thought.

[Zoe]

I think I understand what you mean, and its because their saddles tend to go outwards in this sort of shape: <>, and not in a ) ( shape like BCIs. Naturally, some might touch :)

Zoe

[Linds]

Did you mean actual saddle joining like this?...

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/22shadybody.jpg">

Or did you mean more along the lines of all the saddles linked on the sides more similar to this?

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/22naturalsunguyana1.jpg">

It isn't uncommon to see an animal with one or two joined saddles (I am referring to in the first pic), though it isn't quite as common to see animals with more saddles joined than that. It is considered to be aberrant, not striped, and is typically not genetic. Not sure what causes it, some believe temperature fluctuations (this would make sense since many are captive born or wild caught, and the mother would most likely experience unstable temps in her travels). It could be as simple as they just bleed together, no real reason, just that they aren't all uniformly marked animals. I don't think there have been any studies to date on this sort of thing, so it's all just speculation.

[Colonel SB]

Sorry for not being clearer, I'm talking about the first pic, mine didn't have quite that much joining but they had 2 or three joined together.