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2014 Black Milksnake - Jack

hypnoctopus
03-08-2015, 10:18 PM
This is my new baby black milksnake. He's younger than my baby corns, but about twice as calm. I'm looking forward to his color changing.

His name is Jack (as in Black Jack :)).

http://img14.deviantart.net/9f50/i/2015/067/5/7/black_milk_snake_by_icantthinkofaname_09-d8kzijv.jpg

http://img10.deviantart.net/f84f/i/2015/067/2/0/baby_black_milk_snake_by_icantthinkofaname_09-d8kzizh.jpg

This picture was taken in the sunset, so everything is very yellow.

http://img14.deviantart.net/cfe4/i/2015/067/3/5/black_milk_snake_by_icantthinkofaname_09-d8kzjb0.jpg

http://img07.deviantart.net/218e/i/2015/067/2/d/baby_black_milk_snake_by_icantthinkofaname_09-d8kzk93.jpg

http://img04.deviantart.net/a667/i/2015/067/8/e/baby_black_milk_snake_by_icantthinkofaname_09-d8kzkfz.jpg

Thanks for looking!

spyderk
03-09-2015, 07:59 AM
Aww, what a cutie! I have really been enjoying the color change on my black milk. They are great snakes!

HVani
03-09-2015, 08:23 AM
Very cool :)

Joba
03-09-2015, 08:18 PM
A calm milksnake, hmm. He's very pretty, O. Progression pics would be great.

hypnoctopus
03-09-2015, 08:20 PM
Yeah, black milksnakes tend to be much calmer than other milksnakes. And thanks!

Myca
03-10-2015, 10:41 PM
I thought milk snakes were bitey. Yours is beautiful. Great shots too.

insomniac101
03-11-2015, 08:50 AM
I feel like a dolt asking this question, especially having kept snakes for as long as I have, but what is meant by color change in black milkshakes? Having kept green tree pythons for several years, I'm very familiar with their color changes. Will your snakes colors just intensify, or do they eventually lose their banding?

Kathy

HVani
03-11-2015, 08:56 AM
I have some progress pictures of mine. The scales just get darker and darker until they are totally black
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/Blue2Fyre/rids_zpscbde2701.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/Blue2Fyre/IMG_0015_zps683b0734.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/Blue2Fyre/IMG_0180_zps54a93005.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/Blue2Fyre/dark3_zpsb860539b.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/Blue2Fyre/novridley2_zps88ebe677.jpg

spyderk
03-11-2015, 09:25 AM
I have 2 milk snakes - a Pueblan and a black milk. The Pueblan was quite a musker when he was young. Even now he threatens to musk! He has never attempted to bite. The black milk is the calmest snake I own, perhaps not as calm as the western hognose, but very close.

HVani posted great progression pics! I have this on my (very unused) blog: http://crzysnekldy.weebly.com/blog/loki-then-and-now

HVani
03-11-2015, 09:36 AM
See my black milk has always been jumpy. He's musked me a couple times when he was younger. Now that he is older he is calming down. He is not my calmest snake, my boas is. But I think mine is the exception rather than the rule.

insomniac101
03-11-2015, 10:52 AM
Thanks so much for the explanation and progression photos! I had just assumed that they're black as hatchlings.

Kathy