Rate this Pastel (1-10)

Honestly I think for breeding, the goal should be the highest quality examples as you can get to strengthen blood lines. It is kind of hard with this one since he has such great pattern, but sub-par coloration.

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Originally Posted by ballpythonluvr

we can all sit here and rate this snake but in the end all that matters is what you really think of the animal. I like the way the pastel looks, not the best example, but then who am i????

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Personally I wouldn't breed that into my projects. Ultimately it is your choice but he is very dark for a 135g pastel.

Regards,

B

Interesting thread. Does anyone have a photo of a solid 10 pastel and the reasons why it's a ten?

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../cPICT0105.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../cPICT0101.jpg

I don't know about 10 because I really look for a few certain traits. It's hard to apply numbers or ratings to animals. This is one of my girls. There are better animals out there but she meets my quality standards. High yellow sides, blushing, light colored head, and a great pattern. The whole point of a pastel is to keep that yellow color and introduce that into combos. All pastels will brown a little but they should look really good until they start to hit sexual maturation. That's the point where I've noticed most pastels turn brown in varying degrees. A small pastel that is orange or brown is going to really get ugly as it ages. A lot of combos are ugly because of the pastel used in them. It helps to use a high quality pastel or you are going to produce subpar looking combo animals IMO.

Regards,

B