So I got this little guy last spring show at a local reptile expo. He was sold as a normal, apparently sire was a coral albino? That's all I know as far as heritage goes.
But it seems that the more he gets older, the more red he becomes. He was a pretty decently pink/red when I got him, but now he's even darker! So He's obviously not a normal, I've compared him to my pastel and not even close. Even the salmons I have.
This was him last summer:
(The smallest one. You can also see the pastel/normal, and the two salmons.)
A comparison between him and the pastel (last summer)
Of all the crappy lighting, the second pic is probably closest to what he looks like in real life.
To my understanding, most babies loose a lot of colour as they get older, become more pale or less vibrant. And that certainly was the case with my pastel. Her tail was really red as a baby, but now older (about 1.5yrs now), she's your typical bci colours (just a bunch of browns).
Even the two salmons (both sisters). One's still pretty pale, still pretty much the same as the first pic. While the sister is a little darker, starting to look more like a burnt caramel colour.
But him, he's just getting to be a more deeper richer red; I was thinking he was going to fade out and show typical boa colours. So I'm pretty confident in believing he's not a standard 'normal' boa as sold as such (which I'm ok with if he was a cool morph! Cause I paid pennies for him lol).
Any thoughts?
I certainly am excited, when everyone is old enough/good weight, I'm going to prove him out with my pastel (something nice and neutral). During that, I'm pairing my kahl albino (who almost seems more like a snow) with one of the salmons (hoping for some sunglows. Salmon het albino), then a few years down the road, pair one of the offspring from that pair to this red guy and see what I can get!
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