Within my experience of keeping limited various garter sub-species I have found 'red' to be different then 'blue' in regards to color development/intensity. For instance when I kept Flames, 'red' only got better with age. A newborn Flame that is peach colored becomes at best, a darker peach, not red. In contrast a baby Florida Blue-Stripe (similis) with a slight bright blue stripe becomes a brilliant blue as long as it does indeed have a rich blue stripe regardless of how slight the stripe is. Which brings me to the lack of color the Puget babies have. I saw pics of Scott Felzers Puget babies last year and they were virtually 'colorless' relatively speaking. My babies at the moment, only have pale green with a few faint blue scales, appearing as 'specks' actually. That's quite a leap ... Wondering what others may have experienced ???

best wishes,
marian