"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?

No calico.
Just a browned out pastel.

Looks like a big brown pastel to me.

x3 what's been said already. I would pass.

Ah, and the browning out would create the blotchy-ness? And a more vibrant pastel would have a gradient along the side?

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Originally Posted by Poseidon

Ah, and the browning out would create the blotchy-ness? And a more vibrant pastel would have a gradient along the side?

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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.

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

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Originally Posted by EmberBall

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

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Or just a really nice pastel.

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

Well, there are some Lemon Pastels that seem to be able to hold their colour a bit better than the usual ones.

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