Adult Pastels

[Hock3ymonk3y]

This is my 3 year old lemon pastel male, Winston who is 1800 grams:

You always have to but in with your gorgeous pastels! I hate you! lol

[DemmBalls]

awesome guys! what's the difference between a lemon and regular pastel?

[fishmommy]

My male pastel Augie is a good example of the browning.

As a juvenile:


As an adult:



He's my pet so the browning didn't bother me - I think it makes him look more mature
I think (and may be wrong...) that you can tell if/how much a pastel will brown by looking at the shading of the scales. Orange scales or scales that aren't clear bright yellow - will darken to some shade of brown. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong since I don't know much and would like to know if it's true

[cinderbird]

My boy is a juvie (about 500 grams) but i thought i'd post a pic anyway

[Haydenphoto]

here is mine. She is 2 years old and about 1250g

[matt71915]

awesome guys! what's the difference between a lemon and regular pastel?

Lemon is just the NERD line of pastels, there is no difference other than the name.

[reptidude1]

actualy i think if i was keeping a pastel as a pet it would make me if it browned out, but not as a breeder because the look dosent count to me, its the genetics. But then again i hate referring to balls as just breeders and not pets because all of my ball pythons that i breed are also my pets

[piper]

Here's my pastel.. He's just over a year old:

[m00kfu]

actualy i think if i was keeping a pastel as a pet it would make me if it browned out, but not as a breeder because the look dosent count to me, its the genetics. But then again i hate referring to balls as just breeders and not pets because all of my ball pythons that i breed are also my pets

It should matter even MORE to you as a breeder. Why would you want to pass on the genetics for a browned out pastel? Breed quality and you'll produce quality. Breed crap and you'll just be producing more crap.

[reptidude1]

point taken, but the 2 pastels i have a not browned that much, actually not much at all