Pastel?

I purchased this female in April as a pastel. She turned out to be gravid and laid three eggs in June which just hatched. All three are normal babies (albeit very wild patterning). So did I just have bad luck or is she actually not a pastel?
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file.../7/pastel1.jpg

Not a pastel - looks more like it could be a fire?

Here is one of the hatchlings. They all have this crazy patterning going on just like Mom. So... keep them as dinkers? Or just rehome them cheap? I repeat... I didn't breed this female, she was bred before I bought her and surprised us with three eggs two months after she came to us.

[IMG]http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file.../3/7/baby1.jpg[/IMG]

I'd wait until the hatchlings have had a few sheds first then repost pictures of them and see what people say. :)

Will do!

Contact who you bought her from, See what possible paring was, as Del said she does look Fire'ish

I bought her from someone who bought her from someone...etc. But here's a pic of the clutch sire

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/5/0/3/3/7/dad.jpg

She's pretty!

What does she weigh?

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Originally Posted by katep788

I purchased this female in April as a pastel. She turned out to be gravid and laid three eggs in June which just hatched. All three are normal babies (albeit very wild patterning). So did I just have bad luck or is she actually not a pastel?
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file.../7/pastel1.jpg

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When was this pic taken? Looks like she is glowing thus giving her a fire like appearance. Can you take a current pic of her in natural sunlight? She is most likely a normal.

That picture was taken during lunch in natural sunlight (taken just with my ipad). She weighs 1900g now, was 1100g when I bought her so imagine my surprise when she laid three eggs! She was only 800g after laying :( :(

This is a recent picture in a room with very little lighting
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...3/3/7/mom2.jpg

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...3/3/7/mom1.jpg

She looks like a very browned out pastel. You just struck out on the pastel hatchlings.

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Originally Posted by carlisleishere

She looks like a very browned out pastel. You just struck out on the pastel hatchlings.

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I agree

Hi All,

I return again with more info. My "pastel"(??) girl laid six eggs from a pairing to a black pewter. They hatched this week. One was unfortunately very kinked (I know I had temp issues at the very beginning otherwise it was all solid) and died as soon as he/she started breathing air. I think the two major kinks behind his/her head were not supportive of life. Of the rest, five were fine. Here is a picture of the live clutch and also the one who died (for reference). So... what did I get? I've been told the very light one is a super pastel black pastel (aka silver streak) but I would like additional opinions. First picture with no flash, then flash, then deformed hatchling, then sire.

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...7/img_1531.jpg

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...7/img_1529.jpg

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...7/img_1516.jpg
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...3/3/7/sire.jpg

Kate

The thing that throws me if the lightest one is not a silver streak, is that the kinked one also had a very light head, but much darker body than the super light one. I would think that made the kinked one a black pewter and the very light one something more... is that the right way to look at it? Without the kinked one, I would think that I likely just got a very very blushed out black pewter with the super light one, since I didn't get any other super pastel types.

I am by no means an expert.

But to me I see two pastels, a normal, a ridiculously nice black pastel and an amazing black pewter.

For me , the black pastel (snake in the middle with head to left bottom corner) is really light and blushed out so i see how the black pewter is so faded.

Lets wait to hear what the more experienced guys say though.

Congrats on a great clutch!!

I also see two pastels, a normal, a black pastel and a pewter. Nice hatchlings! Sorry about the kinked guy.

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Originally Posted by Asherah

I also see two pastels, a normal, a black pastel and a pewter. Nice hatchlings! Sorry about the kinked guy.

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These were my guesses as well.

Congrats! That pewter is smoking.