At What Age Do Their Colors Mature

[SerpentLady4]

Good evening I am avid corn collector and last fall I got from Don of SMR a hatchling gold dust and blood red male. They are now little over a year old so I wanted to know when or at what age will their colors be mature or no longer their baby colors


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[kdickens]

Hi Jennifer ... that's a good question and I'm sorry I can't answer it! I'm not as much the snake expert as many here are. But I also have a one year old (Extreme Reverse Okeetee from SMR) that looks great compared to when I first got him. I don't know if he'll continue getting better or not ... I would hope he'll get better looking with age! I'd give your little one another year. I watched your corn snake video ... very nice! Could you post a pic of your little gold dust?

 

[Giga]

I'm curious about this too! I'm wondering how my new little baby will change and how long it will take

What I do know is that my amel's colours basically haven't changed since I got him as a yearling, leading me to think that his colours had already fully matured by then, but then amels tend to have a rather less dramatic change than some morphs such as bloodreds and caramels, so I'm not sure.

 

[NiklasTyreso]

Most red, orange and yellow pigments develop during the first year.

 

[axis1]

What a Difference a Year Makes!

Good question! I suppose that there are variations in this phenomenon based upon each corn's genetic make-up, though I'm no expert at morphs by a longshot (still can't tell an AMEL from a CARAMEL!) :eek1:

However, that being said, check out Ozzy below with the first pic taken the day after he left his egg back on July 31st, 2015, and then again below which was taken on his first Hatch/Birth Day (July 30th, 2016). Note: In the first pic, he's the corn on TOP of his sibling Torch, who sadly passed away after almost 3 months of refusing all food! Kinda looks like he's the color of a coffee bean, ALMOST resulting in being named, "Beansie!" I guess that's why naming a hatchling based upon its color is not the BEST idea.

 

[Giga]

Massive difference a year makes, huh Axis? That really is a transformation!

It probably does depend to a large extent on morph now that I think about it; just from little smidges of personal experiences, amels seem to look adult-coloured at a year, but aneries can take longer to 'grey-out'.

 

[Dragonling]

It really does depend when it comes to mutants. My cayenne fire looked like most adult fires at around 8 months old, but he will continue to slowly redden until he is maybe 4 or even 5 years old because of the red factor gene. Sunrise corns will continue to lose pigment throughout their lifetimes. I would think on average, most corns will probably have "adult" coloration by the time they are around 175-250g.

 

[Shiari]

3 years has been average for me. The bloodred I got turned from brick colored to dark red around 5 or 6 years old however.

 

[SerpentLady4]

My gold dust was yellow when I got him but my blood red is still has his hatchling colors (motley markings and is a dark and light red now


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[SerpentLady4]

My blood red yearling

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[Amanda47]

I have a bloodred from SMR. Got him at 4 mos. and he's 4 years old now. The pattern is still visible, but faded. Here are three pics of his progression:

4 months old

1.5 years old

4 years old

 

[SerpentLady4]

Wow I thought they were suppose to be a darker red


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[Amanda47]

The ones that end up without a pattern and very red are usually bred from the best looking parents, and they cost more. I guess ours is more of a run-of-the-mill diffused.

Yours looks exactly like mine, and I assume it will progress the same way. Maybe by their sixth or seventh year, the pattern will be all gone.

As for color, mine is more of a coppery brownish-orange than red.