Pastel grading system?

Ok so I see that some people have they're pastels graded.

what are they graded on?

Is this grading system universal throughout? or just that persons opinion?

are other morphs graded?

Here's a little write up on "pretty pastels"....

http://www.nextworldexotics.com/hgpas.htm

-Jason

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Originally Posted by kplunk

Is this grading system universal throughout?

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Yeah man, NARBC has strict grading guidelines, if you break them...your ace better call somebody :P LMAO

Naw, its simple, a better looking snake is worth more money..... If you dont know what a nicer or "A" grade pastel looks like, mabye you had better look at some more. Like I told you in another thread, if you're shopping for a pastel, dont just look for any pastel, look for THE pastel.....the one that screams your name, and has every trait you were looking for in a pastel. If you dont know what traits you are looking for....again, you should look at some more and decide what you like. Dont depend on a breeder to tell you what is "A" grade or "the nicest pastels out there", if you've done your homework, you will know it when you see it, and it wont matter what it costs ;)

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

If you dont know what a nicer or "A" grade pastel looks like, mabye you had better look at some more. Like I told you in another thread, if you're shopping for a pastel, dont just look for any pastel, look for THE pastel.....the one that screams your name, and has every trait you were looking for in a pastel. If you dont know what traits you are looking for....again, you should look at some more and decide what you like. Dont depend on a breeder to tell you what is "A" grade or "the nicest pastels out there", if you've done your homework, you will know it when you see it, and it wont matter what it costs ;)

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Thats what I'm getting at. I've looked at lots of pictures. I know what I like. I was just wondering what people were using as references for them to say one pastel is nicer than another.

I found a breeder and I wanted a particular snake that I liked but replied to me that it was already spoken for but had another one that was nicer (more blushing). Turns out I do like the looks of this snake and worked out better for me.

I was just curious as to what people think is good traits for a pastel. So was just looking for the info.

Thanks Jason exactly what I was wanting.

The snakes that have a higher amount of blushing and are more solid yellow color and a real faded head tend to be higher in value. Then the go down from there. If the yellow is more broken up and the blushing isn't the pronounced. then it might be a little lower in value.


Hope this helped - Ed

Another thing you need to think about is , what will this pastel look like when its older? do you know how to recognize a young pastel that will be major brown as an adult? ....a little pointer to add to the post I made above is, patchy yellow or orange = brown later on ;) For example... that pastel in my avatar, he's pretty nice isnt he? awesome blushing, wacky banding throughout....nice color, but.....notice the orangey tones? In that pic, the pastel is 6 months old. If you saw what he looks like today @ 2 1/2 yrs old, you'd crap your pants! he's brown as a mofo :( Which is why he is no longer in my collection, I only work with the best ;) I can show you pics of him @ 2yrs old if you'd like

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

Another thing you need to think about is , what will this pastel look like when its older? do you know how to recognize a young pastel that will be major brown as an adult? ....a little pointer to add to the post I made above is, patchy yellow or orange = brown later on ;) For example... that pastel in my avatar, he's pretty nice isnt he? awesome blushing, wacky banding throughout....nice color, but.....notice the orangey tones? In that pic, the pastel is 6 months old. If you saw what he looks like today @ 2 1/2 yrs old, you'd crap your pants! he's brown as a mofo :( Which is why he is no longer in my collection, I only work with the best ;) I can show you pics of him @ 2yrs old if you'd like

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I would like! haha

Very bright colors, little to no orange wash on the sides, and a fair amount of blushing are what I look for.

The orange wash tends to turn brown as they age so you want to avoid that in a baby, the brighter colors as a baby, the better it will look as an adult since they tend to darken, nice blushing on the sides and back will compliment how it looks as an adult.

No matter what some people may claim, I beleive that if you want to breed pastels (or cross them into other morphs), you want the best one you can find. Don't settle for an ugly, dull one. A few people will tell you it doesn't matter what the pastel looks like as long as it's a pastel. Well, that's why there are so many garbage pastels out in the market. People went for quantity instead of quality. Some pastels for sale don't even look like a pastel should.

The one in my avatar had no orange on the sides as a baby. At 500 grams it still has bright yellow coloring. Trust me. Stay away from the ones with all the orange on them. There are a few on KS right now that have a TON of orange on them and they are priced dirt cheap. When they age, you understand why they were so cheap.

Ok see thats one thing I don't know to look for is how he'll look when he's older here's a picture of one of the pastels I've seen tell me what you think


https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...9/3/Pastel.jpg

Very nice looking I'd get it. Loads of blushing, very high yellow, Nice faded head. I say if its a male around 300.00 if is a female 400.00 to 500.00 in value. Thats just me blowing smoke. LOL

Hope this helps -Ed