Lemon pastel?

[ralphdp21]

Okay so I bought this "pastel" knowing it was more than a regular pastel. i honestly think it may be a "lemon pastel" or something along those lines, but a regular pastel, it is not.

So what do you guys think?

[Subdriven]

Lemon, blonde or not.. it is a very nice pastel that realy held it's color..

[rabernet]

What do you mean "more" than a regular pastel?

Every line of pastel, including the lemon line is a "regular" pastel.

Lemons are what I currently work with. The yellow in mine pop a bit more than the example you've shown - it's more intense in color. The peppering on the sides is common in lemons, but I'm not sure how common it is in other lines.

What line was your pastel sold to you as? Have you asked the breeder what line they work with?

[MitsuMike]

A "lemon" pastel is a regular pastel
Lemon only means that it's lineage comes from NERD. Some of the traits that he said that are known in his lines were neck stripe, speckling, and one other I thought he mentioned but it's slipping my mind. Never the less a pastel is a pastel is a pastel.
Truly the only thing that should matter in pastel owners is how well does their pastel hold it's color. My girl I currently have has the same colors as those and comes from no specific line and the girl that I sold was as yellow as a banana and she didn't have a line either. Both were at 1000+ grams.

[BuckeyeBalls]

These threads bug me.

If you bought it as a normal pastel 99% of the time its going to be a normal pastel.

Breeders tend to know what they have in their collection and know what their selling off their collection.

From what iv seen a "lemon pastel" tends to be a bit more than a normal pastel?

Im sure if he sold it to u as a normal pastel that is probably what it is

[TessadasExotics]

eh its just a word that alot of people throw onto there Pastels to make em seam better than another.

[MitsuMike]

eh its just a word that alot of people throw onto there Pastels to make em seam better than another.

To some, yes. But it is actually a line of pastels that originated from NERD that were selectively bred to have a high yellow coloration for a longer period of time instead of browning out like other pastels.

[TessadasExotics]

To some, yes. But it is actually a line of pastels that originated from NERD that were selectively bred to have a high yellow coloration for a longer period of time instead of browning out like other pastels.

Um, yes I am quite familiar to what a "Lemon" Pastel is. How many "Lemon" Pastels are being sold now days that are actualy "Lemon" Pastels? Who knows maybe they all realy are Lemon Pastels. They all pretty much look alike, it's realy all in the breeding.

[ralphdp21]

Okay there seems to be a little confusion to where I am going in this post. So I will explain and rephrase myself.


The animal was purchased off a young lady who was attempting to breed this season, she said she bought the pastel in 2008 from repticon, and that it was a female and that she was getting it ready for this season.

She told me that she had a personal emergency and that she had to sell off all her ball pythons.

She was selling the Pastel as a 600+ gram Female Pastel for $200.

So i meet her up and began scrutinizing the animal.
she was selling it as a 600+ gram "Pastel Female", but it ended up being a 1013 gram Pastel MALE, PRODUCING sperm, so I gave her $50 on the spot, and took the now known male pastel from her.

I have seen multiple typical pastels and I am convinced that this is not a typical genetic line Pastel, either way I am happy spending $50 on the animal.

Right now he is in quarantine.

So I guess I should have re-stated my initial question to:

What type of Pastel is this animal, he doesn't seem like a common normal pastel? Is there even a way to identify different genetic lines?

Sorry for the confusion.

These threads bug me.

If you bought it as a normal pastel 99% of the time its going to be a normal pastel.

Breeders tend to know what they have in their collection and know what their selling off their collection.

From what iv seen a "lemon pastel" tends to be a bit more than a normal pastel?

I'm sure if he sold it to u as a normal pastel that is probably what it is

I don't know where that came from, not everyone is on point. you really think that every single breeder on this planet knows what they are doing. Unfortunately there are people with good intentions that don't know what they are doing. The best example is my local reptile shop. They try to help their customers and for the most part they know what they are talking about, but they are clueless about ball pythons. they don't know the difference between a pastel and a normal.

So instead of filling up my thread with useless posts, just give your opinions on what genetic line you THINK it may be. The animal has been purchased, now I want to know what I exactly have.

[jjmitchell]

yes lemon line pastels are a specific line, but way tomany are sold as lemon pastels that arnt......I have 2 lemon pastels, both have held their yellow color nicely, My graziani line didnt stay bright yellow but really light, and faded....I cant say that i like one more than the other