My new "Female" pastel

[jmugleston]

Python reguis "Pastel"- I was in St. George, UT visiting family and I visited the local pet store. I noticed they had a pastel ball python, but I didn't think much of it. As I was leaving to return home I decided that for $35.00 I should get the snake provided it was a girl. I called the store and had the employee verify it was a female. I then called a buddy and asked him to pick it up, confirm the sex, and care for it until my next visit. Looks like I need to visit the store and review their probing techniques. He is a very healthy and very ready to mate male pastel. We're not too deep into the morph game so he'll make a nice back up if the mojave male gets tired.

[smd58]

Thats the good thing with a pastel, they can allways be used for some breeding project.

[MarkieJ]

Is the coloring off? Looks like a Fire.

[cinderbird]

i'm not seeing pastel either, do you have any other pictures?

[Shadera]

Sorry, but that's not a pastel. It's doubtful that a fire got by the eyes of the pickers, either.

Nice looking pickup though.

[JMPR]

i think is a fire too post more pics to see,also its awesome!!

[zina10]

Either way, beautiful !!!

[jmugleston]

Sorry, but that's not a pastel. It's doubtful that a fire got by the eyes of the pickers, either.

Nice looking pickup though.

This was purchased at a reptile show in Texas. The owner wanted to sell it to the local petstore in S. Utah. He was claiming it was something special and wanted a boat load of money for it and a few other things. (Het for this and that...etc.) The pet store didn't offer him much money since they can't move reptiles very well there. Apparently he was desperate and went with the deal. It is definitely not a WC normal.

[jmugleston]

i'm not seeing pastel either, do you have any other pictures?

Here are a few more pics. I'm new to the ball python aspect of this hobby so this just looked pastel to me. I'll have to call the store again to see what the seller was claiming it to be. The pics are off a bit due to the indoor lighting and the crappy flash on my point and shoot camera.

[don15681]

I like how faded the head is. what color are the eyes?