What does pastel holdback mean?

[Theluciddreamers]

This guy is selling this snake
Pastel Holdbacks. Bred from a TSK Super Pastel Male
What does this mean????

Also says "2010 High blushed Pastel Ball Pythons"

Any thoughts boys and girls?

[LGL]

It's just a Pastel, but it's one that the breeder had chosen to hold back to raise up as a future breeder. For whatever reason (funds, cage space, etc) they've decided to sell it. By stating that it's a holdback of theirs, it implies that it's one of the best looking ones that they produced. Nothing is differently genetically about it, although it may have a higher price tag due to its looks and/or size.

[Aes_Sidhe]

Holdback is a term for snakes You intend to keep (usually because of they good quality) to grow them for You future projects... sometimes from different reasons You let them go..... Then In Add You point that to let the customer know that they (usually) are better quality snakes...

Damned............. LGL ninja me in that Tread lol

[Theluciddreamers]

Thanks guys!

[Serpent_Nirvana]

By stating that it's a holdback of theirs, it implies that it's one of the best looking ones that they produced.

Sometimes I think people just slap the word on there to make it look as if it was the best one they produced, even though they may never have had any intentions of holding it back ... But I'm being cynical.

Or, taking the cynical out a bit, they may just be suggesting that it's "holdback quality" ....... Which is ultimately kinda meaningless since one person's "holdback" quality is another person's "pet only, please don't let this ugly thing back into the gene pool" quality. Y'know?