How do I pick a baby Pastel that will retain it's color

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Originally Posted by Salamander

She's quite lovely!
Wonderfully blushy!

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thanks i hope she stays like that. she is also the most nicest snake never hisses at me.

Wow. I love all of the pics you guys have been posting. You have some beautiful snakes. Looking at the pics has made me even more anxious to get our snake. Thanks for all of the feedback and keep posting the pictures, I really love the Pastels.

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Originally Posted by chet1028

Wow. I love all of the pics you guys have been posting. You have some beautiful snakes. Looking at the pics has made me even more anxious to get our snake. Thanks for all of the feedback and keep posting the pictures, I really love the Pastels.

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have you looked on kingsnake.com they have lots of pastels from different breeders

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Originally Posted by JaGv

have you looked on kingsnake.com they have lots of pastels from different breeders

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Yep. I've been looking there. I checked the BP.net classified. I've looked at every link to every breeder website on this page and the ones on kingsnake.com.
I've looked at hundreds of them. It still never gets old.
I have a breeder that I've bought geckos from in the past and I really like and trust him. Plus he is in my local area, so I can pick up the snake. This allows me to see it in person before buying and also saves me the cost of shipping. He has several clutches hatching, so I am pretty sure I will find a good looking pastel. If not, I've got a few other leads too.

Thanks for your feedback.

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Originally Posted by chet1028

Yep. I've been looking there. I checked the BP.net classified. I've looked at every link to every breeder website on this page and the ones on kingsnake.com.
I've looked at hundreds of them. It still never gets old.
I have a breeder that I've bought geckos from in the past and I really like and trust him. Plus he is in my local area, so I can pick up the snake. This allows me to see it in person before buying and also saves me the cost of shipping. He has several clutches hatching, so I am pretty sure I will find a good looking pastel. If not, I've got a few other leads too.

Thanks for your feedback.

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sounds good hope you find a beautiful pastel and join us in the addiction of ball pythons

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Originally Posted by JaGv

sounds good hope you find a beautiful pastel and join us in the addiction of ball pythons

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LOL. I'm sure I will. Heck even if I have to get a cute little Normal, we will have a BP in early August. We are in full fledged addictiion mode. My kids are beside themselves with excitement and I've been on this site almost constantly for weeks. I actually was just checking out an add for a "Buy One Get One Free enclosure". How can my wife say no to a second BP if the enclosure was free, right?

Awesome! What you pair the pastel with will also have a huge impact--choose light colored CLEAN animals to breed to your pastel, for better color in the hatchlings.

Pay attention to lineage there, as well. A token light animal from an otherwise dark line won't necessarily give good results.

Never accept 'just a normal' as an answer when you ask what a pastel's parent looked like--normals matter just as much as morphs. In fact, when shopping for a base morph, I would rather one of the parents were a normal--you can see a lot more of what's going to be in the genes when one parent is normal. Morph colors and characteristics can mask that, often. Good photos of the normal parent are important.

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Originally Posted by JaGv

thanks i hope she stays like that. she is also the most nicest snake never hisses at me.

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Awwwwwwww........:oops:

I may be imagining it but it seems that Pastels have the sweetest personalities.

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Originally Posted by chet1028

Thanks. We started last year with 1 Leopard Gecko and within a few months we were up to 4. The kids have always wants a snake, but my wife had refused and I was not a big fan. I've changed my stance and I'm sure my wife will over time. It is really fun because my kids (especially my 9yr old Son) have done so much work and research to learn about the Geckos and the BP's to make sure we are providing the best care for them. And it is really fun to share the hobby with their friends too.

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If you wife wants to talk to me, please feel free to send me a PM. I am the mom of a now 18 year old daughter. My little girl, at three, fell in love with tarantulas and I was terrified of all spiders. By the time she was five she convinced us to let her have her first pet tarantula and we still have "Fluffy" all these years later (along with quite a few others). Because I got over my fears my daughter grew up with a wonderful hobby experience. We homeschooled and her study of spiders became the focus of our curriculum. Between the ages of 8 and 10, she also did the "talk show circuit" and was able to spread the word about her hobby on National television, an experience which lead to her wanting acting lessons, which taught her poise, diction, etc. My daughter graduated at 16 and is in college on multiple scholarships. She grew up reading about spiders, studying them, and designing her own research projects. She'll be presenting the findings of an important research paper at a conference this summer. Because I was able to put my fears aside my daughter is growing into a beautiful, competent, and confident young scientist.

The point is, there is so much that your kids can learn by keeping and breeding reptiles. If you decide to breed your guy down the line, think of all of the genetic's lessons alone!

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Originally Posted by Really

If you wife wants to talk to me, please feel free to send me a PM. I am the mom of a now 18 year old daughter. My little girl, at three, fell in love with tarantulas and I was terrified of all spiders. By the time she was five she convinced us to let her have her first pet tarantula and we still have "Fluffy" all these years later (along with quite a few others). Because I got over my fears my daughter grew up with a wonderful hobby experience. We homeschooled and her study of spiders became the focus of our curriculum. Between the ages of 8 and 10, she also did the "talk show circuit" and was able to spread the word about her hobby on National television, an experience which lead to her wanting acting lessons, which taught her poise, diction, etc. My daughter graduated at 16 and is in college on multiple scholarships. She grew up reading about spiders, studying them, and designing her own research projects. She'll be presenting the findings of an important research paper at a conference this summer. Because I was able to put my fears aside my daughter is growing into a beautiful, competent, and confident young scientist.

The point is, there is so much that your kids can learn by keeping and breeding reptiles. If you decide to breed your guy down the line, think of all of the genetic's lessons alone!

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WOW. What a great story. Congrats to your daughter.