Mexican Black in shed

[marisa]

I LOVE how Jose looks when he is blue! Ignore the poop, it was cage cleaning day! I switched this guy from paper towel (which I love) to aspen (which I hate) because it seems he makes HUGE messes with paper towel and constantly gets covered in his crap no matter how often I clean. heheheh. Well enjoy the pics.

<img src="http://members.rogers.com/mattl/jose07-18-03.jpg">
<img src="http://members.rogers.com/mattl/1jose07-18-03.jpg">

Here he is in his nice clean, aspen filled house! :D
<img src="http://members.rogers.com/mattl/joseenclosure.jpg">

Thanks for looking!

Marisa

[Bencb3]

very beutiful snake! i can see he is about to shed, very good pics!

[snkmn]

wow ,very beutiful .it looks like an alien with those bright blue eyes but pretty all the same

[Ace]

I like the way their bellies have a bluish tint to them when they're in shed :cool: . Great pics...can't wait for the post shed pics!!!!

[marisa]

Ace- Yep! I have glanced in his cage before during shed time, seen that BLUE belly and thought "is he dead?!?!" LOL

Thanks for the nice words everyone, we sure do love this guy.

Marisa

[CDN-Cresties]

Wow, those blue eyes are amazing. Im not to familiar with this species of snake, but do all of them have blue eyes?

-Steve-

[Ace]

Only during shed. There are some Cal kings that have blue eyes though. Never seen one personally.

[marisa]

Yep Ace is correct.

Mexican Blacks have normal dark colored eyes, which become bluer than other snakes with lighter colored eyes, but many many snakes have very blue eyes before a shed.

THere is a group of california kings, sometimes called "blondes" That are like albinos, but with blue eyes. Here is a link to check them out:
http://www.vividreptiles.com/pages/calking.html

Qoute from the webpage:
"A new strain of California kingsnake that originated from a coastal southern California locality. This is not a designer snake and is not to be confused with the lavender California kingsnake. Our blonds have a variable, fleshy-cream background color with bright, lemon yellow banding that intensifies as the animal matures. The eyes turn blue in the adults"

Marisa

[marisa]

Jose's normal eyes:

<img src="http://members.rogers.com/mattl/3jose04-26-03.jpg">

:d
Marisa

[CDN-Cresties]

Thanks, those eyes are fasinating!!!

-Steve-

[marylyn101]

gloves?
is he a biter?

[KingJaff]

Originally posted by marisa




THere is a group of california kings, sometimes called "blondes" That are like albinos, but with blue eyes. Here is a link to check them out:
http://www.vividreptiles.com/pages/calking.html

Qoute from the webpage:
"A new strain of California kingsnake that originated from a coastal southern California locality. This is not a designer snake and is not to be confused with the lavender California kingsnake. Our blonds have a variable, fleshy-cream background color with bright, lemon yellow banding that intensifies as the animal matures. The eyes turn blue in the adults"

Marisa
what would you call this snake? http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20678
he says its an albino but i'm pretty sure its not, i'd love to breed for them but i dont know how??

[marisa]

Yup. That's pretty much what normal albino california kingsnakes look like. The camera or photo may make her look slightly different but thats pretty much the standard albino :)

Marylyn- He is more than a biter. He bites everything, he bites himself, swallowed part of ihs tail the other night, and when he bites a person he hangs on! :)

Marisa

[KingJaff]

just keep a bottle of tequila or JD handy;)

[Conas]

hehe some Jose Cuervo for Jose 8 ) good lookin snake