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  • 01-29-2013, 06:41 PM
    Poseidon
    "Pastel ball python" - Craigslist
    I am looking into a Hog Island Boa at the moment and won't be purchasing another ball python until I get said snake (which I am thinking I'll get him over the summer), but that somehow doesn't stop me from searching Craiglist for reptiles.

    http://gainesville.craigslist.org/pet/3569703399.html
    http://images.craigslist.org/3F33Jc3...be59c01edc.jpg
    I thought calico but I am pretty inexperienced when it comes to ID'ing ball pythons. What do y'all think?
  • 01-29-2013, 06:44 PM
    satomi325
    No calico.
    Just a browned out pastel.
  • 01-29-2013, 06:45 PM
    Rob
    "Pastel ball python" - Craigslist
    Looks like a big brown pastel to me.
  • 01-29-2013, 06:49 PM
    Daybreaker
    x3 what's been said already. I would pass.
  • 01-29-2013, 06:53 PM
    Poseidon
    Ah, and the browning out would create the blotchy-ness? And a more vibrant pastel would have a gradient along the side?
  • 01-29-2013, 06:57 PM
    Rob
    "Pastel ball python" - Craigslist
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Poseidon View Post
    Ah, and the browning out would create the blotchy-ness? And a more vibrant pastel would have a gradient along the side?

    A "high quality" pastel keeps their color thru adulthood. "Lower quality" will really brown out around the top and I'm guessing that's what your seeing as blotchy.
  • 02-05-2013, 03:02 PM
    EmberBall
    It is a Pastel.
    If you want a Pastel that does not brown out, you need to get a Pastel crossed with something else, like a Het Black Eyed Lucy or Vanilla, or a nice Super Pastel.

    Dave
  • 02-05-2013, 04:39 PM
    Annarose15
    Re: It is a Pastel.
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by EmberBall View Post
    If you want a Pastel that does not brown out, you need to get a Pastel crossed with something else, like a Het Black Eyed Lucy or Vanilla, or a nice Super Pastel.

    Dave

    Or just a really nice pastel.
  • 02-05-2013, 06:00 PM
    EmberBall
    Not really...
    I have never seen a nice Pastel that looks better than a Pastel YB, Pastel Sulfur or Pastel Vanilla. Super Pastels, if you just want the Pastel gene, are very cheap now, and would probably be the way to go.

    Dave
  • 02-05-2013, 06:05 PM
    MisterKyte
    Well, there are some Lemon Pastels that seem to be able to hold their colour a bit better than the usual ones.
  • 02-05-2013, 07:10 PM
    EmberBall
    Lemon Pastels are no better or worse than the other lines.
    Lemon, is just a marketing gimmick to differentiate the NERD line of Pastel from other lines. If there were 20 Pastels the same age in a tub, you could not pick out the different lines. SUPPOSEDLY, the Lemon line has darker blacks, and the Graziani has more flames. The lines have been crossed so much that the only line I would pay more for is the Stonewashed or Ruppel Pastel. With the low, low Ball prices now days, buy a nice cross or buy an adult Pastel you can see in person. Chances are, if you buy an adult Pastel, have it shipped to you, and are expecting it to look like a nice bright baby Pastel, you are going to be dissapointed.

    Dave
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