Silica (blizzard) pics!

[Katt]

Despite being the most gorgeous snake in the world, I can never get a decent pic of her. Vanan took some excellent outdoor shots of her with daisies, but I seem to have misplaced them and I've posted them enough.

So here's another lame attempt at taking pics of Silica, my blizz, who finally at long last has a male whom I approve to make beautiful white babies with! (thanks Mark IsBell!)

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Kattia/Corns/silicainbox2.jpg">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Kattia/Corns/silicainbox.jpg">

What I really love about this girl is that she has very little yellow. I'm pretty finicky about the yellow thing. In fact, Silica has never had a mouse that wasn't black or white b/c I do not want to introduce xanthins into her diet.

[Bartman]

Sweet pictures Katt, all of them.

[Tim_Cranwill]

Very nice! I'd love to see one in person.

[Asian Jon]

She looks gorgeous in those pics to me . When you find those daisy shots make sure to post them. I don't think I've seen them yet

[Simon]

She surely is a beauty!!

I know what you mean by having a hard time taking Bliz photos!

What you have there are awesome already!!

[Nicky]

Nice looking corn!

[marisa]

I really like the lack of yellow. That's super sweet. I also have a had time taking photos of white snakes like Simon mentioned, and those are great photos!

Marisa

[jim mcallister]

"What I really love about this girl is that she has very little yellow. I'm pretty finicky about the yellow thing. In fact, Silica has never had a mouse that wasn't black or white b/c I do not want to introduce xanthins into her diet" ?
Does this mean that diff. colored mice could have an effect on the yellow on the white in the blizzard? I have never heard of this. Forgive me if this is a dumb question. JIm

[vanderkm]

She is a great looking blizzard Katt - look forward to seeing her offspring. The charcoal het bloodreds you have were from her last spring, right?? How are they turning out? - would love to see pics!

mary v.

[Katt]

There is some anecdotal evidence that shows that beta carotenes in snake/lizard diets can increase yellow/orange.

I believe Serpwidgets did a little test with some baby normals and the ones fed with mice injected with beta carotenes were more orange.

Actually, if us humans eat a lot of carrots, orange will show up in the palms of our hands and soles of our feet. Kind neat, eh?

I will try to get pics of the charcoals!

[joey]

I have a young male blizzard and he is the cutest! He used to be very shy and would hide immediately whenever I approached his enclosure, but now he actually comes out to see what's going on--especially if he smells dinner! He'll let me watch him when he eats now too. I love my blizzard boy!

I love your pictures too!

[D J N]

Sweet pics Katt she looks great