Lemon pastel?

[angllady2]

thank you.
some one who took the time, to thoroughly explain.
i simply was confused as why they would label an already labeled animal.
confusing.

Well, the reason some morphs carry names is because the big names in the business, the ones who made it possible for most of us to have these morphs, named them.

For example, if NERD had an imported, wild caught pastel that they were breeding out and using to improve their stock, while at the same time Greg Grazani had an imported, wild caught pastel if his own he was breeding out in the same way, once they got to the point they were selling babies, it was important to some people to have a way to know which line of imported pastels they were buying, hence NERD used 'Lemon' because they were breeding for bright lemon yellows. Greg used his own name 'Grazani' to distinguish his snakes from NERD's.

Over time of course, other people imported pastels, and snakes from other breeders got cross bred back and forth, so most people just dropped the titles, unless of course they bought from one of the breeders who named the line and can prove the animals parentage.

Lately, people have taken to calling ANY bright baby pastel a lemon, which is unfortunate, because it does cause a lot of confusion. But, if you want to know for sure what you have, buy from a reputable breeder with excellent records. Otherwise, just enjoy your snake for what it is, an excellent example of it's morph.

Gale