Will Pastel Get Darker or more Yellow?

[BrianaK]

I went to NERD today to pick up a few things and someone there told me that if my pastel is in fact a pastel, not a super pastel or lemon pastel, then he will get darker with age, not brighter. Is this true?

[WingedWolfPsion]

Yes, they brown out as they age. After about age one, they start to develop more brown pigment.

[BrianaK]

For real? I was hoping he'd get more yellow. So will he pretty much look like a normal full grown?

[RichsBallPythons]

Not all brown out bad but majority will to an extent.

this is the pastel i got from Deborah on here who will be 1yr old shortly. His browning has slowed.

[Debris]

They do brown out (most of them)...

HOWEVER, that doesn't effect their genetics...in other words his/her babies that carry the Pastel gene are still going to be hatched yellow...

The browning out of them is what threw my interest away from Bumblebee's....*MOST* adults I see just end up browning out and looking like a regular Spider....

[Danounet]

I dont think that many Bee's brown out... They just get that Adult washed out color from adult snake scales. But you are right to a degree.

They do brown out (most of them)...

HOWEVER, that doesn't effect their genetics...in other words his/her babies that carry the Pastel gene are still going to be hatched yellow...

The browning out of them is what threw my interest away from Bumblebee's....*MOST* adults I see just end up browning out and looking like a regular Spider....

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

Bees dont brown out nearly as much as pastels do. Pastels do brown out but oranges will brown out much more than yellows. If a pastel stays very yellow like a lemon pastel, it generally doesnt brown out bad at all. This is why bees dont brown out much. They are more yellow than orange. A pastel that turns orange after the first couple color changes it goes through, will brown out pretty bad.

[shining apprentice]

my pastels quite brown and shes only about a year old ... i can still pray that she'll make good bees.

[WingedWolfPsion]

Here's a yearling pastel that is pretty typical. She isn't the brightest pastel, but she has great blushing, so I held her back. As you can see, she doesn't look like a normal, but she is quite dark.

[Charlie And Lucy]

This is our 3 year old pastel. He's browned out quite a bit. Pastels have such pretty markings that even though they brown out, they're still gorgeous!