NOAH'S BOAS NEWS   PATCHES In December 2006 we were blessed with a very impressive litter of 8 baby Emeralds.  These Emeralds were produced from a very special female, "Lucille".  The reason she is so special is because she consistently produces very exquisite Emeralds and seems to unlock many unusual traits in her offspring which are not found in most Emeralds.  Lucille is also the mother of our highly sought after Designer Emeralds. Pictured below is "Patches".  Patches is one of these unique 8 babies which were born in December 2006.  When Patches was born she/he seemed to be a normal, high white Emerald.  However, whenever I went into Patches' enclosure to mist or clean, she/he would become slighlty uncomfortable and begin to breathe heavy - perhaps because she/he didn't appreciate the interruption!  To my shocking surprise, I noticed that a portion of Patches' face began to change from the red baby color to notebook paper white within a 18-20 second time frame!  We have witnessed Patches doing this several times now.  I have never seen nor heard of this happening with an Emerald, or any arboreal,  in all the years that I have worked with them!  I also contacted many other reputable  Emerald breeders - one of whom has been working with Emeralds longer than I have been alive - and none of them have ever heard of such an occurence either.   We have posted a series of photos of Patches which we captured while she/he was going through this color change.  The quality of the photos isn't the best due to the fact that the snake was not happy and didn't feel like being photographed!  However, you can clearly note the color change.  I don't know what causes this color change to occur - whether it's stress related or due to mood changes - I don't know.  However, imagine a line of Emeralds that can voluntarily change color with mood swings!  Incredible! Other interesting notes about this litter:  several are showing tri-color traits (a trait we have seen in our Designer Emeralds).  We have already seen water spots along with tipping of jet black scales.  One of the other babies, "Flurrie" has been putting on additional amounts of white on its tail.  This is truly a unique litter on which we will be keeping very close observations.
Patches at the start of the color change	Patches further along in the color change.  Red and green scales turning more white	Patches upon near completion of the color change.  Wow!  Neatest 18-20 seconds I have ever spent with an Emerald!
"White Out"  White Out is the product of one of our 2008 designer x designer pairings.	Another shot of our special "White Out"