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predicting adult color/pattern?

ElSass

New member
I was wondering if there is a good way to tell how a hatchling will look once it becomes an adult? I have read in several places that hatchlings can change a good deal in terms of color and pattern as they mature. My amel has shed twice and has changed a bit in intensity and hue.

I'm already thinking about getting another corn (not right away, probably when I'm done with grad school). I'm interested in something stripy or with very deep colors. Should I ask the breeder to see the parents?

Thanks!
 
The parents usually are a good indication, especially if the hatchling looks like one of the parents when he/she was a hatchling. A general rule is, the more color on a hatchling, the more color it will have as an adult, though some duller ones might heavily intensify and some intense colored baby's lighten up a lot, decreasing intensity, or just don't get a lot brighter.

Also, in many cases, corns will be most colorful when they are about 18 months old, then loose some color and/or get darker (appearance of black pigment above the colored layer darkens the color, sometimes in 'lanes' aligned with the spine).
 
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