I have a black pastel - do I also want a cinny?

[dr del]

Hi,

I already have a nice breeding male black pastel but someone has offered me a 250g cinny male in part exchange for my lesser male hatchling.

Are there any advantages to having a male of both? Any combo's different enough that I should consider both genes?

I do like how cinnys can look (not seen the animal yet ) but my main aims for the gene was 8balls and black lessers - and I think I prefer the black pastel version of both of those.

What are the pro's and cons?


dr del

[Russ Lawson]

To be honest, it's all up to personal preference. In most instances, you will be able to tell apart black pastel and cinnamon versions of combos (apart from anything with 8ball/super cinny in it). I personally prefer cinnamon combos, though the black pastel versions are also very attractive. I have no plans of adding black pastels to my collection because I prefer the cinnamons, but I know of several breeders who have both. The only real advantage of having both is that you will be able to attract people like myself who prefer cinnamons and cinnamon combos, who may otherwise not buy your black pastels or black pastel combos.

[Russ Lawson]

Oh, and as far as cons go, all I can think of is that if you add a cinnamon now, you may not to be able to add a different mutation you want to work with to your collection as soon as you would be able to if you sold the lesser outright over doing a partial trade.

[Sarin]

If it were me, I would either not do the trade, or just keep the cinnamon, not both. But it all comes down to personal preference.

[iCandiBallPythons]

I would maybe consider the trade if it were a female instead of a male.

[OhhWatALoser]

Id keep the lesser, black pastels and cinnys are so similar I don't think its worth having a male of each.

[mykee]

Black pastels and cinnies make the same combos, except cinnies are far uglier than a black pastel IMO.
If you're working with black pastels, stay away from cinnies; they'll just ugly-up your line.

[J.Vandegrift]

Your lesser and the cinny are probably close value wise, but I don't see much point in having a cinny male a black pastel male. If it were a female sure, but for me at least, I would not add another single codom male to my collection when I already have something similar.

[h00blah]

i would want a blk pastel to make combos darker.. a cinny does the opposite in most cases. i would stick to the blk pastel

[MarkS]

I have both a cinnamon and a black pastel, even though the gene does react in similar ways they're really very different looking from each other and I'm glad I've got both kinds.