2014 Black Milksnake - Jack

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 ).





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







Thanks for looking!

Aww, what a cutie! I have really been enjoying the color change on my black milk. They are great snakes!

Very cool

A calm milksnake, hmm. He's very pretty, O. Progression pics would be great.

Yeah, black milksnakes tend to be much calmer than other milksnakes. And thanks!

I thought milk snakes were bitey. Yours is beautiful. Great shots too.

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

I have some progress pictures of mine. The scales just get darker and darker until they are totally black

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

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.