Is this 2007 female a Pastel or just a pretty Normal ?

[Mephys]

Its a normal .Oh and she knows it because when i wrote and asked her if she was sure it was a female she said i could check for myself.Although when i asked her the color of the eyes she never responded back .So i think she is trying to pass a normal as "something special" .Its NOT though

I see i'm not the only one lurking on CL Thanks a lot though. My husband told me he ain't driving unless it's a real pastel, so I don't think this is going to go through.

It's nice to have friends on a ball python forum when unsure of something

[h00blah]

you have a super hawt pastel though

[joepythons]

I see i'm not the only one lurking on CL Thanks a lot though. My husband told me he ain't driving unless it's a real pastel, so I don't think this is going to go through.

It's nice to have friends on a ball python forum when unsure of something

Well i do only when i am bored to death .Yea she gave me the whole "this is the only pic i have" story also.

[gcanibe]

i vote for nice tattoos!!

me too

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Normal.

I found on craigslist a person selling a 2007 female pastel.

If this person is selling this animal as a pastel there are 2 options here

1# She is not knowledgeable about morphs
2# He/she knows what he/she has but is misrepresentation the animal.

Either way if you decide to pick up this animal make sure to sex "her" on site.

[twan]

I vote it's a classic and your pastel is smokin hot.

[Mephys]

Thanks everybody about the comments on my pastel. She is very gorgeous, but very skiddish. She is even afraid of her food. I have to work on her temperament.

The girl replied to me that she was more tan so that she looked more like a normal....lol

[rabernet]

Normal - all day long.

[Animals As Leaders]

Definitely a normal.

WOULD be a steal if it was a pastel but no way is that a pastel IMO.

I personally own a two year old male, and he still holds his color. They tend to brown out with age, but not actually turn brown lol. My question for you is, why not compare the picture to yours at home? Your pastel is a prime example of the pastel gene and if it doesn't resemble that, then it can't be a pastel. Start going with your gut, I think you knew the answer to your question before you asked you just wanted a second opinion

I have never seen a pastel that doesn't look like a pastel so I would definitely be leery of this guy. There are SOOO many people that think there normals are something special because they are lighter, or something else(there are morphs that resemble normals, but there is usually more obvious markers on it indicating a possible new mutation). What people don't seem to get is that normals are not all created equal and do have variance in pattern/color as well. For example I have a black back ball python. Its a normal with a black back lol. I also have a normal that is almost as light as a fire, but guess what...Its a normal lol. Beautiful in their own right, but still a normal. Good Luck!

[Mephys]

My pastel is an obvious one, reason I got her, but there is so many variances out there like you mentionned, and I've seen people selling "pastels" before that didn't look that obvious.

So I wasn't sure if the pale ones are actually considered pastels but just a poor quality one. And the picture she provided me with could be just a very bad camera with too much white exposure with bad lighting.

Either way, I am not getting it lol