Ahhhh my male is a female but get this...

[JAMills]

1st Congrats!
2nd if the Pastel is a male but was sold to you as a female there is definately a price difference. An adult female pastel definately has a not only a higher $ Value but then you have to consider the time it will take to get another true female pastel up to breeding size unless you get one that is already an adult.

Think of it this way. If he was a female you could purchase a baby male other morph and be producing combos in the next 1-2 years (Males mature faster). Since he is a male you would need to purchase a female morph to make combos, if purchased as a baby you are more likely looking at 3-4 years to produce a combo.

I personally would contact the seller about the mix-up and see if they would offer you something to make up for the mix-up.

But then again, if you are happy with the animals you have and the mix-up doesn't bother you since you are possibly getting babies in the near future then CONGRATS!

[greenex]

It could be worse, like if they were both males and one was pregnant....

[slither9192]

I bought the male pastel (as a female) for female price which I am upset about, but the breeder will not reply to my email. I'll blow it off if this works out. I had the snakes sexed at zoo creatures not NERD, sorry. So I'm pretty sure she is pregnant.

For the person asking she weighs ~2900g now and around 2 months ago weighed ~2300g. Pregnant? Also she has a noticeably fatter second half of her body and when I feel her underside it feels like I'm pushing in on a balloon.

[Lucas339]

man thats cool that it worked out like that and not having two males attack each other!!

congrats on the gravid female!! hopefully you get a bunch of pearlies!!

as for contacting the breeder, good luck with that and i hope it works out for you.

[Nagini88]

If the breeder doesnt get back to you, definately post on the board of inquiry on fauna, it might get you some results

[mason]

You really should have learnt to sex snakes before attemtping to breed them.

If you're unable to sex your animals you'll find a lot of females you're sold mysteriously sexing as male.

[slither9192]

You really should have learnt to sex snakes before attemtping to breed them.

If you're unable to sex your animals you'll find a lot of females you're sold mysteriously sexing as male.

I did sex the pastel that was sold to me as female. Like I said I thought It was a male, but hoped it wasn't, so I brought into zoo creatures they sexed her as female so I thought it was fine.

[Nagini88]

Who was the breeder of the pastel?

[slither9192]

Here's a picture of her. I don't know if you can tell if she is pregnant from the pics, but I didn't want to disturb her too much. Also something to note is the way she is curled up like that. She has never done that before.

[slither9192]

Who was the breeder of the pastel?

I found him off kingsnake, his name is Jason and the name of his "business" is J & H Reptiles. His website doesn't work anymore.