New ball python

Corey209 · 12-17-12, 10:44 PM

2012 Pastel Male

September · 12-18-12, 08:18 AM

He's lovely

mykee · 12-18-12, 09:13 AM

Are you sure that's a pastel? Maybe its the picture, but it looks like a normal to me. Maybe he's in deep shed...

Lankyrob · 12-18-12, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by mykee

Are you sure that's a pastel? Maybe its the picture, but it looks like a normal to me. Maybe he's in deep shed...

My first thoughts were "a very pretty normal" but i have no idea what to look for in a pastel so just assumed it was one

Wyldrose · 12-18-12, 11:11 AM

They eyes look green like a pastel, probley a very brown/low grade pastel. Which is probley why it was in a petshop for sale.

Corey209 · 12-18-12, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Wyldrose

They eyes look green like a pastel, probley a very brown/low grade pastel. Which is probley why it was in a petshop for sale.

The top is Browned out but the pattern is very reduced. He does have green eyes and is a pastel Though. Hes also from a breeder not a Pet Store. I only purchase snakes from a reptile shop. I traded a normal boa for him which is a great deal plus if I breed him to another pastel the offspring would most likely have reduced patterns.

mykee · 12-18-12, 06:36 PM

Hope you didn't pay more than $40 for him.
He's at best a C Grade pastel.
Because if you did, not a "great deal".

**Aaron_S** · 12-18-12, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Corey209

The top is Browned out but the pattern is very reduced. He does have green eyes and is a pastel Though. Hes also from a breeder not a Pet Store. I only purchase snakes from a reptile shop. I traded a normal boa for him which is a great deal plus if I breed him to another pastel the offspring would most likely have reduced patterns.

The bolded IS THE SAME THING. They just specialize in one thing. If I buy a car from BMW dealer it doesn't make it any different from the other lot that has BMW's and porsche.

Also, for the breeding part. You can breed it to another reduced normal and produce reduced animals. Doesn't have to be pastel. Pastel x Normal produces pastels and normals.

Wyldrose · 12-18-12, 07:23 PM

Reptile shop = petshop same thing. Most breeders will pass off lesser quality animals to shops for the impulse purchases. Of course if he was a top grade pastel the breeder would either keep him or offered him for sale.

If you do want to breed I would not ever breed that male, he will produce browned out off spring. Basically if he is bred that is taking a huge step backwards. People who want pastels want the bright yellow ones, not the browned out ones. Breed to improve the animals!

**Aaron_S** · 12-18-12, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Wyldrose

Reptile shop = petshop same thing. Most breeders will pass off lesser quality animals to shops for the impulse purchases. Of course if he was a top grade pastel the breeder would either keep him or offered him for sale.

If you do want to breed I would not ever breed that male, he will produce browned out off spring. Basically if he is bred that is taking a huge step backwards. People who want pastels want the bright yellow ones, not the browned out ones. Breed to improve the animals!

That's not necessarily true. I sell off all pastel males to wholesalers. It's easier for me to feed them a few times and move them out at that price then to sit on them and hope someone buys at double or triple the wholesale price. The only time I have one for retail is if I knew ahead of time someone looking for one.