Pastel questions

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by rabernet

All those pictures are of the same snake - if you look at the neck pattern - it's a progression of how she matured. That is Libra from hatching to how she looks today.

---

:O :oops:

i couldnt tell lol. I didnt think the really light ones were the same as the pic with the "still orangy" so.... what about the first picture that I posted, that look sort of orange, How would they turn out. I noticed there isnt much blushing on the head... But does blushing = better yellow?

- and Winston looks great too. the first pic is a really intense yellow lol. looks almost orange. I like it. But hes still a nice bright yellow too in the older pics.

In my experience, a pastel with a super blushed head is going to mature into a nicer adult. One with a brown head and super intense orange will not.

Well, I must agree w/rabernet though are exceptions to the rule. I have a pastel little guy looked like orange when i recieved him over a yr1/2 ago. he is holding his color well he is still real orange but time will tell. My pastel does have extreme head blushing and his back is the same.

I agree with Robin. An extremely blushed out head is usually a good indicator of a good example of the morph.

My male pastel is very blushed out all over and especially his head. Very yellow and very little orange or brown on him.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../snakes040.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...AS08M-0213.jpg

so i guess blushing is what to go for then? does it even matter what the yellow looks like then as a hatchling????

id say the color matters as a baby, you want to look for:
color, least orange in the snakes pattern
head blushing.
ask to see the parents, thats why i chose my boy.

here mine, the head blushing isnt as intense but the yellow is still light but not as intense as the others in this thread. This was taken a month and a half ago at 600 grams
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/DSC00066.jpg

As a baby, he was about 150 grams, he had a kinda orangey color to him
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/DSC01223.jpg
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/o...9/DSC01216.jpg

stay away from orange, like the sides of the first pic i posted in the thread? on the sides how its kind of orange and not really yellow. The yellow on those ones looks kind of dark too, or does that lighten up?

Yeah the ones in your first post look kinda gold/orange, I would personally pass on them. Try to stay away from orange. The best indicator on how the snake will turn out is by seeing the parents, you want a nice pastel x a light normal or another nice pastel, then you should get a nice looking baby.