Color progression in Panthers

[Jon S]

Hi All

My baby panther is about 2 1/2 months old. He is usually dark gray or very light gray with dark gray bands. He looks like he is starting to show some very small green spots on his face and I was just curious what the progression in color will be. I guess how brightly will a typical panthers colors come in at:

3 monhts, 6 months, 9 months, and I believe 1 year is full coloration?

Thanks for the help!

 

[sandrachameleon]

Some colours/locals of panthers colour up faster than others. but generally speaking, you can expect to see some colour at 6 months, lots of colour at 1 year, and full colour at around 18 months.

 

[codiwatkins]

This is My Ambilobe panther He is EXACTLY 2 MONTHS in this picture

 

[dondeb562]

I think it depends on how fas they grow on how quickly the color will come in. Generally around a year old they will have full color, though they continue to change there whole lives I believe.
Can you post pix of your little guy?

 

[dondeb562]

That was a big boy for two months, so hard to compare The average 2 month old does not normally look like that. I am not saying it is not 2 months cause I know who it came from and they always color up fast with him

 

[codiwatkins]

I knew he had alot of color for his age but he is big for his age too??? WOOOHOOO!!

 

[hallenhe]

My guy was less colorful than codiwatkins's 2 month old until about four months - he came in to his colors slowly, but was showing some good indications of what the future would hold by six or seven months, and full color by maybe 14-18. When they're young, you'll commonly see "jumps" in the amount of color following each shed.