Pastel?!

So what do people tend to look for in a Pastel? if memory serves correctly these guys fade/brown out with age? Do high quality pastels not brown out or dont brown out as much?

All pastels brown out. How much determines the quality.

You want a hatchling with as little orange and brown as possible, as they are the main cause of browning out. Yellows will fade with age, but tend not to brown out as much.

Some people like pastels with a lot of blushing, others prefer less.

Hey Aaron any chance you can throw an example of blushing my way?

Thanks m8

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Originally Posted by OsirisRa32

Hey Aaron any chance you can throw an example of blushing my way?

Thanks m8

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"Blushing" is the lighter/faded areas like what this girl has down her spine...you can see the blushed spots in the darker areas as well as on her head...blushing is found on a bunch of different morphs, so it's not specific to Pastels...




http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...220/gyp3-1.jpg

This is my pastel female (100% het for clown)

As a hatchling:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...2.jpg~original

Around 1000 grams:

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...1.jpg~original

She doesn't have a huge amount of blushing, but what she does have is nice and consistent all the way down her back.

She also has some decent flames.

For me the most important aspect is the high contrast between the blacks and yellows.

At 2200g I think her coloring and blushing is still pretty decent.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...psa9975d2b.jpg

Thanks guys...definitely some gorgeous snakes you both have there!!

A quality pastel will be bright yellow contrasting with the black. A lower quality pastel is brown muddy looking. Low quality babies are orange and/or brown. Oranges turn brown as adults. High quality pastel babies are neon yellow almost.
MissRiss2012 has one of the best quality pastels around. And this is the perfect example of not all pastels brown out equally.

This is her pastel looking amazing at 800g. Better than many hatchlings.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/07/u8ere3a4.jpg

Here's one via Google at the same size.
http://www.junkmail.co.za/images/lar...124751467.jpeg

What do you guys think of this pastel? hes sitting around 700-900 grams and about 1.5 yrs old (at the local exotics pet store where a buddy of mine works who is holding him for me until I decide)

http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1cfd18f1.jpg

http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/...ps76070c05.jpg

http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/...psb856560f.jpg

http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/...psf7560eaf.jpg

For his size, he's kept his colors pretty well. I'd scoop him up.



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MissRiss2012 has one of the best quality pastels around.

This is her pastel looking amazing at 800g. Better than many hatchlings.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/07/u8ere3a4.jpg

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I will agree this is one fine looking snake. It has also been brought up that it very well possibly is a Lemon Pastel and not just an average Pastel- just for comparison sake.

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I will agree this is one fine looking snake. It has also been brought up that it very well possibly is a Lemon Pastel and not just an average Pastel- just for comparison sake.

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I'm pretty sure Marissa said it was not of any specific known pastel line??

But being a Lemon doesn't really make a difference anyway since there are plenty of dirt brown Lemon pastels out there as well...


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Here's my pastel. She was bright yellow when she was younger with orangey yellow on the top. I got her when she was 3 years old so I don't know how she looked as a baby. Now that she's 8 years old, the orangey part is brownish but the sides are still the same yellow.

3 years old:
http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/l...ss07/Curly.jpg

5 years old (same as now at 8 years old):
http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/l...7/SANY0049.jpg

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Originally Posted by satomi325

I'm pretty sure Marissa said it was not of any specific known pastel line??

But being a Lemon doesn't really make a difference anyway since there are plenty of dirt brown Lemon pastels out there as well...


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She is from a Pastel Enchi x Dinker pairing. The Pastel Enchi was from a breeding loan, and was produced by a possible lemon pastel. Either way, Lemon, Citrus, Blonde,Graziani etc doesn't mean anything to me. All that matters is what the animal looks like. :)

PS. Nikki, I always know I can rely on you to show off my girl! lol

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PS. Nikki, I always know I can rely on you to show off my girl! lol

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How could I not! She's the epitome of the 'perfect' pastel color wise. Her colors are fantasic for her size and age. Better than most hatchlings. Everyone who breeds pastels needs to make it their goal to produce pastels like yours! Way too many poorly bred pastels over saturating the hobby.

Corey has a really impressive pastel as well.
Its a shame they're not more common.

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How could I not! She's the epitome of the 'perfect' pastel color wise. Her colors are fantasic for her size and age. Better than most hatchlings. Everyone who breeds pastels needs to make it their goal to produce pastels like yours! Way too many poorly bred pastels over saturating the hobby.

Corey has a really impressive pastel as well.
Its a shame they're not more common.

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She appreciates all the compliments! She is getting slightly darker yellow, but she is still yellow! I can't wait to see what kind of babies she makes for me. When people hear how much I paid for her they think I am crazy! I wouldn't have had it any other way. I NEVER see good pastels for sale these days.....

Talking about babies...

The spider x pastel on my picture above produced this smashing bee:

3 year old boy:
http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps8f91848a.jpg

I love the Pastel morph!

I'm still trying to come up with a name for my little boy..

They can definitely brown out, you just have to try and find someone who has nice looking adults and hope the babies keep their colors too. Sometimes it's the luck of the draw though, you pick out the nicest baby and it browns out, while its' ugly duckling siblings turn out great. Also, don't count on the line to guarantee a beautiful adult snake.

The snake on the far left is the father of all the others. He's a NERD (lemon) line pastel, his father came directly from NERD. You wouldn't look at him now and say "wow I wish I had that snake!!!" But look at his babies....
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...psc90ad53c.jpg