Do lemon pastels fade out the same way normal pastels do?

[Crazy4Herps]

I've been going through the Kingsnake Classifieds every day looking for a decent priced morph. Not much luck, hehe, most high-quality morphs are out of my price range.

Anyways, I saw some nice-looking lemon pastel babies of decent prices. However, I really don't want them to fade out like normal pastels. Are lemons any different?

[waltah!]

Lemons generally keep their color pretty well. I'll look to see if I have a pic of a baby lemon with an adult. Think I have a pic of a future pairing somewhere....

[waltah!]

Here's my adult male with a young female lemon (together for pics only) I think he has held his color pretty well as he's pushing 2yrs old.

Breeding with normal female

[Spaniard]

If you want and animal that won't fade you need to find one that is a screamer when its young. Bright yellows, the brighter the better. Here's my lemon. Couple of pics from oldest to newest....







Edit: The third picture his head looks funny, little patch of missing scales from a shed. In the 3rd picture he's 3 1/2 years old.

[waltah!]

That's a smokin lemon, Rich!

[Spaniard]

Thank you sir, your guy ain't to shabby himself and taking care of business no less!

[waltah!]

Thanks, Rich. He's all about takin care of business

[Crazy4Herps]

Thanks, guys! Those are some amazing snakes!

What do you think of these? (I'd want the male.) Nowhere near as bright as yours, but they've got some nice colors.
http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=32&de=681896

[waltah!]

If you are serious about wanting a really nice Lemon Pastel, I would contact Andy at NERD and see if he has anything. There are lots of breeders here who may have some avail. Maybe post a wanted ad in the classifieds?
The ones in the ad are attractive snakes for sure, but since you seem to want it to hold color I would look elsewhere. That's just my opionion though. If you really like the snakes then go for it!

[Spaniard]

The snakes in the ad are nice, but in my opionion any pastel that has a lot of brown/orange along the back will eventually brown out more than a snake that was nice and bright when it was young. I also paid higher than market value for my snake, quality comes at a price.