Lemon Pastel

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Originally Posted by Izzy&Kitty

Well i know the one parent is a lemon pastel and the other is a regular pastel. I was just curious if you could tell the difference visibly. I dont have any pictures to post.

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How do you "know".
Did they purchase it from nerd?


Here's an interesting point Subdriven brings up...

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Subdriven
Anyone can call there pastel a lemon pastel but only if you KNOW the parents are BOTH from NERD

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Why do both parents need to be from NERD?
Wouldn't a normal X NERD Lemon pastel make more lemon pastels since that gene comes from the pastel and not the normal?

BLAST. I misread something and now this post is silly and irrelevant. :[ Boo.

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Originally Posted by Misfit

BLAST. I misread something and now this post is silly and irrelevant. :[ Boo.

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Pastels are the most dilute single morph strain you can work with!
So many small breeders start out with pastels, breeding whatever they can to develop their lines, or just to have something to breed!
I have several pastels from Nerd/Grazi/Davis/Love/Ian G lines that I interbreed to develop the best color and pattern in my somewhat less than humble opinion ;).

So.....
Stop being so concerned with the label and work with the animal for it's potential.

Kevin didn't build his name on line alone!
He bred for a specific look in his pastels.

Anyone ever heard of good business? Attaching the "lemon" to their pastel line has made NERD some good money. They took mine. Here's my 2000g '04 female lemon pastel from NERD. More than just a name, selectively breed pastels make the best pastels IMO.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...ch/1174531.jpg

Look on youtube for N.E.R.D interviews with Kevin. There is a video on there that explains exactly what a lemon pastel is. And to the op above you dont need both parents to make a lemon. Its a co dom gene isnt it, so only one parent would have to be a lemon pastel or a pastel whatever you feel like calling it in order to make more lemons.

Even NERD hasn't been picking out lemons from lemonXnon-lemon breedings. He/they have been calling them "mixed pastels." -that's what I would call them.

nerd as said himself when looking for a lemon pastel your looking for low blushing and long neck stripe.

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Originally Posted by dclark

nerd as said himself when looking for a lemon pastel your looking for low blushing and long neck stripe.

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Per Kevin. Lemon's have very little blushing and long broken neck stripes coupled with nice intense color into adult hood.

This is my NERD lemon produce from a NERD Lemon
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...g/DSC_0027.jpg