What is she?

[L2.BP.Plox]

So, we got this Ball Python from Mike Willbanks as a free snake because our spider was shipped to the wrong place. He said she was a lemon pastel. But, she doesn't have enough yellow for that. She, some blushing so she could be a regular pastel. However, I have seen pics of nice normals that look similar to her. Please help.

[L2.BP.Plox]

I am having issues seeing the pictures of her in this on my end, but if you right click and open in a new tab/window you should be okay.

[loonunit]

Aw, you know, lemon pastels that don't come straight from NERD often aren't all that much better than any other line of pastel. She's definitely pastel, though; and lemons are still compatible with other lines as far as I know. So you can still make killer bees if you cross her to your bumble. I'm liking that idea.

[jallenfl]

Here is the truth...
pastels very greatly even throughout their own lines. What I mean by this is selective breeding of course. When you take an exceptional lemon pastel and you breed to a dark normal just because she is normal does not mean she is not genetically dominant in her darker color.

For instance I have an original nerd super lemon purchased directly from kevin. When bred to my butter I produced a few pastels that were more yellow than their super daddy. I held these back and bred them and created a new super female that shuns all the others even grandpa.

Now I had nothing else going on and bred a normal male to her that was incredible in color. Being high gold and yellow I was hoping to get some nice pastels and I did. Really light pastels that only turn more yellow and brighter every shed.

Through carefully selecting I have produced some incredible lemons and through some not so great crossings produced some lower quality also.

Right now the best pastel I have is a selectively bred lemon blonde male that was produced from my super male to a original matrix female. He is not a super but is one awesome pastel making my supers look bad.

Pastels are a dime a dozen. Good pastels are few and far between. Lemons tend to get brighter with age. Good luck to you. Couldn't see pics so I hope it turns out like a lemon peal for you...

[seeya205]

The pics won't work for me but if Mike says it's a Lemon then it probaly is because he has a long and good reputation in the business! A Lemon Pastel is still just a Pastel! It is just NERD's line of pastels. All Pastels are compatable! You can get some really nice Pastels that are not a famous line!

[OhhWatALoser]

lemon pastel is a normal pastel. just a name that's all

[Subdriven]

can't see the pics

[XIIIPythons]

right click the picture box > open in new tab > photo loads