Possible Calico Pastel?!?

Hey All,
I frequent these forums alot, because I have recently started building up my snake collection, and this site is full of great info involving breeding/husbandry for BP's. About a month ago, I purchased a breeder male pastel for $100. Well tonight, I took him over to my buddy's place, whom also breeds reptiles, and he told me that he looked sort of calico too. Ive always thought my pastel was a bit different from the rest, but since my knowledge of BP's is no comparison to his, I went along with it. We then googled what a Pastel Calico looks like, and sure enough, he looks almost identical to some of the ones in the images we saw. Im posting pics to maybe get a different voice of opinions. Please let me know what you guys think.

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Oh, these pictures are very recent, and he is in shed currently. His Yellows are alot brighter than what these pictures show. And these were taken from my iPhone.

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...pr/photo55.jpg

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...pr/photo56.jpg

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...pr/photo57.jpg

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...pr/photo58.jpg

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...pr/photo59.jpg

He looks pretty cool, but he does not look like a Pastel Calico. Pastel Calicos tend to have crazy "patterns". I'd say he's a nice Pastel.

I like the high-yellow sides seen in the first three pictures, though. I'd like to see pics of him once he sheds.

i would just call that a pastel. don't get me wrong though. its a good looking pastel. but it doesn't look like a pastel calico in the picture.
who produced it? i'm sure if it was a calico pastel the person who bred it would have sold it as one.
john

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Originally Posted by Chuckels

Hey All,

Dont pay attention to the fact Ive made one post!



http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...pr/photo55.jpg

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...pr/photo56.jpg

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I see why he might have said that. Not a pastel Calico, but if his color looks like that on those spots in shed, then they must be crazy out of it. Ive never seen that before where a mature adult pastel whos browning is complete, haveing random patches of all bright yellow pattern.

Id love to see more pictures out of shed of the parts in question :P Thats worth Dinking around with itself, what were the parents? Could be a Paradox...

I got it from a lady who had to get rid of her collection. She got it from either a pet store or another person. I will post more photos once he sheds. Im not sure who the breeder is, but hes one remarkable looking snake. If you held him up to a normal looking Pastel you'd be blown away from the difference.

Thanks for the info so far!

it is an older looking pastel who seems to have started to brown out a bit but its still a very good looking pastel. i think those marks are just the coloring being a crazy pattern. try breeding and see what happens

Doesn't look like a calico pastel, they are stunning & quite a lot different to your lad. He's a very nice snake in his own right though, lovely looking pastel.

Looks like stuck shed to me... But I dunno lol. ~Caylan.S.~

He's not even full grown yet! Nah he doesnt have a stuck shed! =) I have been pairing him up with my normal for the last month or so that Ive had him. Ive got him on a 3/3 rotation. Hes definately an aggressive breeder. I cant wait to see what the babies look like! Im going to contact the lady whom I got him from today, and see if I can trace it back to the pairing that he came from.