Orange plus orange equals....

[acanthurus]

Hi all,

After a long summer of waiting I finally discovered the results of the pairing of my 2 brightest animals. The outcome at frist appeared to be a bit of an anti-climax. Only one baby with what appeared to be amongst the darkest colours of any of the young. After a few weeks though things appear to be changing and she is looking more like her mother every day....

Adult pair


New born (frist week april)


Last week

[Nae]

Aaaw, shes so cute! Heres to hoping she'll be as awesome as her parents!

[Fatal_S]

She's so cute! Those last week pictures are absolutely awesome IMO. Even better than the bright-orange to me personally, but hopefully she continues to brighten up for you Congratulations!

[Jeff]

Wow! She looks great already, but if she actually turns orange, that would be amazing. She looks almost solid black in the first picture. I didn't know they developed those crazy colors, I just assumed they were born that way. The color of my coastal rugosa rugosa didn't change much at all from the time I got them at a couple months old until adulthood. Please post regular updates. I am dying to see how she develops!

[pisces20]

Hi
Beautiful animals. In the scincoides the orange and yellows can take up to a year to develop, dont give up yet unless the colour is recessive

[Coomassie]

I can't wait to see the colors on the baby as she grows.

[Little Wise Owl]

She's gorgeous! Hopefully she'll orange up in time.

just out of curiosity, what's that she's eating

[JoshChimera]

oooh! Whoa what fantastic looking skinks!

[acanthurus]

Thanks all,

She's eating a mix of frozen veggies, fresh berries and minced kangaroo.

Cheers.

[Katrina]

Wow - thanks for sharing!! That is amazing. The little one looks great now, but I can't believe that those orange beauties produce such a dark little bub. Please post pictures as this ones grows and changes color.

Fascinating. Congrats on the baby and thanks so much for sharing these.

[Richard.C]

she almost looks like my baby hosmer skinks coloring wise,will be interesting to see how she colors up,or if she does,i thought they had the coloring from birth,looks like a nice solid bub though

[shownuff]

Beyond beautiful

[Katrina]

Any changes?

How many babies did you end up getting? I can't remember how many female you bred...

[spandangle]

Wow! The colours on those desert variants is amazing. Even if the new bub does not get the same colour to that of mum and dad, he/she will still look stunning. Certainly different to the common coastal form.

[Jenn]

The parents are my dream skinks!

[acanthurus]

Hi,

Everyone is all tucked down for the winter so haven't seen her for a couple of weeks. Every time I see her she seems to be a bit brighter so really looking forward to how she turns out this time next year...

I have 6 adult females, but only had 4 babies this year. I put the group together quite late in the season so I'm happy that any were born. I will put my orange boy back in with the 2 orange girls this spring and hopefully both will produce a few more true orange little ones.