Do morphs keep color

[Gerardo]

I just wanted to know which morphs tend to fade or darken as they get older and also is there a way to tell if an individual snake will stay bright or not?

[Zombie]

I just wanted to know which morphs tend to fade or darken as they get older and also is there a way to tell if an individual snake will stay bright or not?

A lot of pastels and pastel crosses will darken and brown with age. Things like fire will get brighter with age. Add fire to anything you want to stay bright

A lot of it comes down to quality of the snake. 2 pastels from 2 different lines can and usually do look different as they age. Snakes do tend to get darker as they age, even normals. Some just more than others...

[loonunit]

I guess the rule of thumb for pastels is: YELLOW. Orange will turn brown, and browns will just make more brown. The brighter the yellow as a baby, the brighter the adult will be.

But if you really want a bright adult, yeah, add fire or vanilla. Or buy a super.

[loonunit]

This is my adult female pastel (with her low-white pied boyfriend). She was THE prettiest single-gene pastel for sale at the Anaheim show in 2009, and I'm pretty happy how she's turned out:




But she was a complete knock-out as a baby:

[pigfat]

X3 to what everyone's said. For example, when you cross a pastel "which will brown out" to a fire "gets better with age" you can produce a Firefly which is high yellow and will remain bright it's whole life. Here's my new firefly pickup:

[RyanT]

I think Pastel is the most overused and overrated gene of all (aside from Pied, but they're in a class of useless all their own). In most cases, Pastel turns everything brown. Or if it doesn't, it makes every combo look the same as it matures. An adult Firefly looks no different than an adult POG. I've mostly purged my collection of Pastel, it only looks good in my female Bullet by making the dark coloration richer and sharper. Everybody uses Pastel to brighten, which is great when they're fresh out of the egg, but after a year it has the exact opposite effect and makes everything look like mud.

[RyanT]

Fire and Vanilla definitely are the best brighteners.
I've always appreciated Cinnies for holding their looks and staying impressive as they age. Bright and yellow looks great when they're young but the earth tones stay true forever.

[rabernet]

I think Pastel is the most overused and overrated gene of all (aside from Pied, but they're in a class of useless all their own). In most cases, Pastel turns everything brown. Or if it doesn't, it makes every combo look the same as it matures. An adult Firefly looks no different than an adult POG. I've mostly purged my collection of Pastel, it only looks good in my female Bullet by making the dark coloration richer and sharper. Everybody uses Pastel to brighten, which is great when they're fresh out of the egg, but after a year it has the exact opposite effect and makes everything look like mud.

I'll have to disagree with you once again. On both your pied comment and the pastel comments. High quality pastels are highly UNDER rated.





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[Rob]

Hot!!

[Gerardo]

I have a spider thats 140 grams and i really like the color in him. I was wondering if spiders keep the bright yellow