2013 Caramel Motley ("Hawthorne") Progression Thread

[hyenaboy]

In my introductory post, a few people expressed interest in watching his colours change, and I'm only all too happy to oblige!

I have to start getting my DSLR out and ready for pictures. Most of these were taken on my phone!

First day home (Sept 29):

This past weekend, looking ready to shed:

Today, second pinky feeding. No shed yet, but I decided to offer food anyway:

(He weighs 11g.)

 

[The Cat]

His colors are beautiful! I can't wait to see what he could possibly look like colored up!

 

[Jillian]

Love him...still wish he was a she CAN'T WAIT to see his colours!

 

[Chromatic Corns]

Love his pattern and colors, very nice

 

[Buzzbee]

He is lovely, such fab colours

 

[Isoldael]

Weird question perhaps, but are you sure it's a caramel motley and not a normal motley? It seems to have so much orange in these pics ^^

 

[CornsAustria]

I think this too.... Normal motley

 

[hypnoctopus]

He looks like a caramel motley to me. He's really cute!

 

[hyenaboy]

The store told me caramel aztec motley (I'm unsure on the "aztec" part). They had normals as well, and he looked substantially different from them. I could very well be wrong, because I'm no expert, but I think it's the lighting. He's not that orange, but he has a few scales that are orange-tinged. Here are some more pictures in natural light. He shed recently and is a little bit lighter.

(If he is normal, I'll have some strong words for the reptile store for overcharging me!)

 

[spyderk]

He is so handsome! Looks caramel to me. He would be one that I would get really excited about when I saw a new shed in the bin.

 

[Jillian]

i saw him in person. He's a caramel! Pictures sometimes don't do them justice.

 

[hyenaboy]

i saw him in person. He's a caramel! Pictures sometimes don't do them justice.

Thanks for the definitive clarification. :]

I'm working on getting a video of him eating up. That's about as close to actual colour as I think I can give.

 

[ZiggysMom]

Your snake has a REALLY nice full body motley pattern. Nice find.

 

[Jillian]

How is the little one doing??

 

[hyenaboy]

He is good! Moved from little pinkies to bigger pinkies and he's about 20g now (10 or 11 when I got him).

I was actually planning new pictures because he shed on November 22nd. I was just waiting for a day where I wasn't in school because I wanted the natural light of an afternoon and I keep getting home when it's dark. ugh winter!

 

[Jillian]

Oh he is BEAUTIFUL!!! Getting big too! Thanks for the update

 

[spyderk]

He really is a beauty.

 

[RavenSpirit360]

Pretty little guy! !

 

[hyenaboy]

I live! And so does my snake. He's over 80 grams now and had his first small hopper today. He's still getting progressively lighter. I came to this thread to see how dark he used to be. Wowee. He was only 20 grams last time I posted!

I'm planning on moving him to a bigger tank in a couple of months now that I have a full-time job and can splurge!

 

[hyenaboy]

Ugh. Is there no way to edit posts? Sorry about the stretch.

I wanted this version of the last picture: