Light Colored Anery Lavender Motley

[Jangles]

I picked a "moonstone" anery lavender motley over the weekend and am wondering how variability there is in this combo. Is the salmon coloration that is presently displayed related to the same reason that my blizzard looked pink as a baby? Should i expect a more silvery purple/blue in about a year?

Thanks

 

[Caryl]

Hi Jangles, just wondering how your baby looks now. Lavenders can have some very pink or peach tones as babies. Homozygous Anery generally changes that, though, and Moonstones usually have more grey and blue tints. Is it possible your baby is het Anery?

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[Jangles]

Hi Caryl,

I think the lighting in my room was contributing to that coloration as he normally doesn't look that bright. I'll post a new pic without flash after he sheds.

 

[Jangles]

Hi Jangles, just wondering how your baby looks now. Lavenders can have some very pink or peach tones as babies. Homozygous Anery generally changes that, though, and Moonstones usually have more grey and blue tints. Is it possible your baby is het Anery?

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Hi Caryl,

Diddy Kong shed today and I've posted some new pics and that's are pretty representative of how he's looked in normal lighting. I've posted a pic of the container lid that he was sold to me in at a local reptile show.

 

[hypnoctopus]

Is the seller someone reputable? I don't have a lot of experience with moonstone, but yours looks pinker than what I've seen. (Here are some to compare on iansvivarium.com: https://iansvivarium.com/morphs/?m=anery_lavender_motley )

But if you trust the seller, then I'd believe what's written.

 

[Caryl]

You've got a handsome snake, no doubt. I definitely agree with Olivia that he looks more pink-toned and less gray than more typical Moonstones. Individual variation in any morph can be surprisingly wide, but this guy's colors are awfully warm. I wonder if there's something else going on.

Are you able to all the breeder about pics of the parents?


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[Jangles]

Diddy has started darkening up and the pink is looking more purple now. 2 pics, one with flash and one without.

 

[hypnoctopus]

He's really cool!

 

[Jangles]

Thanks. I love him.

 

[Caryl]

Such a handsome guy! Love seeing his update, thanks for sharing.

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[Hotwater84]

Diddy looks bangarang!! Wow!

 

[Jangles]

Thanks

 

[Shiari]

Beautiful! I would say that he's almost certainly a lavender motley rather than a moonstone. Those look like ghosts usually.

 

[SODERBERGD]

My guess is Hypo Lavender Motley. Beautiful.

 

[SODERBERGD]

The ANERYthristic mutation is not easily masked, when in genetic concert with most other mutations. As someone already said, Moonstones (Anery + Lavender) are usually shades of grey. Here is a Moonstone (pic top) and Hypo Moonstone (pic bottom). Note the two popular eye colors among Lavender types (one reddish and one nearly the color of the black pupil) both demonstrated in this pic.

 

[Jangles]

My guess is Hypo Lavender Motley. Beautiful.

I think you're on to something!

Here's the newest pics of the snake, with and without flash.

 

[Jangles]

*******UPDATE*******

I contacted the breeder and:

Daddy - Lavender, Ghost, Motley

Mommy - Lavender, Stripe, Het Anery, Poss Het Hypo (maybe some other possible hets but I don't have that info

 

[Jangles]

*******UPDATE*******

I contacted the breeder and:

Daddy - Lavender, Ghost, Motley

Mommy - Lavender, Stripe, Het Anery, Poss Het Hypo (maybe some other possible hets but I don't have that info

Momma might also be het ultra.

 

[Shiari]

So what you have most likely is a Hypo Lavender Motley-stripe het anery

 

[Jangles]

An updated pic of Diddy! This is from today.