Is this a pastel?

A guy wants to trade me this pastel for feeder rodents. I wanted people opinion if this is a pastel. Since I am not as good at identifying a pastel yet. Thanks.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...4/b641db27.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...4/a6929807.jpg

Thanks

It sure is...

Doesn't look like it to me.

Here is a thread that goes over how to ID Pastels:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ot-...-Pastels

If it is a pastel, it is a super low quality one.

This is one of my pastels for reference:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...a/IMG_0002.jpg

I see pastel, but a thin pastel. He needs some groceries!

I'll say yes, but is it just me or it seem really skinny in the second pic?

He is suppose to be 4 years old and proven. If its a pastel and needs some food in it I don't mind that. I can put some weight on him. I just want to make sure it's a pastel.

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Originally Posted by Lana's_mom

He is suppose to be 4 years old and proven. If its a pastel and needs some food in it I don't mind that. I can put some weight on him. I just want to make sure it's a pastel.

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My worry would be that he may be skinny for a reason other than mis feeding.

I don't see pastel, I see an over exposed photo. See if you can get on in better lighting with no flash.

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Originally Posted by jbean7916

I don't see pastel, I see an over exposed photo. See if you can get on in better lighting with no flash.

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Regardless of the lighting, it's still gonna be a pastel...and I'd say that the first pic is probably a very fair representation.

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Originally Posted by RobNJ

Regardless of the lighting, it's still gonna be a pastel.

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I really don't see a pastel either, and lighting does matter

I think pastel, I can see the color in his eyes in first picture. But my first thoughts were, that he looks very skinny. I might be concerned about his health.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

I really don't see a pastel either, and lighting does matter

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Ok, I should have said that lighting will not change the fact that it's a pastel, regardless of what you're seeing. Just like any other morph, pastels can greatly vary, but it won't change what it is.

........ Older browned out pastel?

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Originally Posted by el8ch

........ Older browned out pastel?

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Looks like a pastel to me. But like people have said, he looks thin. If you do get him make sure to quarantine him.

I would want a photo that isn't overexposed, and shows his head, because it's awfully dark for a pastel (the head that is).
The body looks like it could be a pastel, but I'd want a good head shot, personally.

It is the end of the breeding season, so I expect any male that's been breeding, or that's been in a rack with females and off feed, to be rather thin, but I'd also recommend quarantining him plenty.

I see a really browned out pastel.

I see a very brown pastel.

Looks like your average adult pastel. My first male pastel looked just like that in photos with bad lighting.

Very skinny though.

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Originally Posted by el8ch

........ Older browned out pastel?

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That's what I'm seeing too.

Yes, it's an underweight pastel.

I'll just on the old, skinny pastel train.

100% Pastel. A little thin and browned out, but a Pastel nonetheless!

Thats definetly a pastel. Just a browned out one. In the first pic you can see the eye is green.

Looks like a really poor quality pastel. Is it a male? If so you might want to pass. Decent male pastels are a dime a dozen now.