Question about Diadem's...

[stevesemerko]

I have a pair of Diadem's and the female is absolutely gorgeous, she is very bright and has a very well defined pattern but the male has large black spots at various points along his body and his head has a reddish tinge and is larger than the females. This is my first pair of Diadem's so I am not sure if this is normal. Any thoughts?

Thanks

Steve

[Siretsap]

Not a clue, but where did you get those from? Are they cbb? and do they feed ok?

[stevesemerko]

I got them from my local herp store. I was told they are cbb. They both eat fine (the male won't eat unless he is in is hide, however).

[LdyDrgn]

I've seen a few with the black spots. How big are they? I understand that the color/pattern changes as they grow.

[stevesemerko]

The male is about 2' or more and the female is around 3'.

[LdyDrgn]

So they aren't quite full grown yet. Don't worry, the spots are normal. Sit back and enjoy them and their color changes. They are awesome snakes. :) We almost bought one down in Daytona, LOL

[stevesemerko]

I can't get over how gorgeous the female is! The only problem is that she has a bit of an attitude, I tried to weigh her the other day but she didn't want any part of that:)

[Scales Zoo]

I'll try to dig up pictures of the ones we sold to Ken Taylor - they all had varying amounts of black on them, and had red heads.

Did you see those ones? They were the most memorable snakes we ever kept. When all 3 hissed, it sounded like a steam engine.

Ryan

[stevesemerko]

Yeah! When mine get going it sounds like that. Right now I have to keep them in my nephews room(I moved in with him and his gf and have to wait for their other roomate to move out before I get em in my room)and his gf will take off running down the hall when they get going (I have never seen anyone move so quick:)). They are such great snakes. I don't think I ever saw those ones at Ken's. Thanks (for the pics if you find em).

Steve