Whether you like it or not your snake is just a common, normal pastel.
Just like every other pastel on the planet is just a common, normal pastel unless it is bred with something else and carries more than one gene.
A true Lemon Pastel is just a common, normal pastel that happens to have been selectively bred to show a little more yellow.
A Grazani Pastel is just a common, normal pastel.
Even the famous Winston, owned by Robin here, while a stunning snake is still just a common, normal pastel.
There are different "grades" of pastel according to many people.
A Low grade pastel is a snake that has lost it's bright yellow coloration and is now almost indistinguishable from a normal.
A mid grade pastel has some yellow coloration into adulthood, or is at least noticablely lighter than a normal.
A high grade pastel had a lot of yellow coloring and fading that lasts it's whole life, you'd never mistake it for anything but a pastel.
I would rate yours as an upper mid grade pastel, a very nice animal with a lot of color. Bred to the right females, he has an excellent chance of improving the colors of his offspring.
But as far as insisting he's anything but a very nice pastel, that is pointless. Far too many people now give the title Lemon to any pastel that is bright as a baby. So unless you have proof that this animal came from NERD, it's not a lemon. Same thing for any of the other "named pastels" if you can't prove it came from that breeder, it's just an exceptional pastel.
By the way, if not having a title upsets you that bad, I'd be happy to take him off your hands for what you gave for him.
Gale
Originally Posted by angllady2
Whether you like it or not your snake is just a common, normal pastel.
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