"Pastel ball python" - Craigslist

[Poseidon]

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

I thought calico but I am pretty inexperienced when it comes to ID'ing ball pythons. What do y'all think?

[satomi325]

No calico.
Just a browned out pastel.

[Rob]

Looks like a big brown pastel to me.

[Daybreaker]

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

[Poseidon]

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

[Rob]

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.

[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

[Annarose15]

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.

[EmberBall]

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

[MisterKyte]

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