You just don't see that many super black pastels or black pastel/cinnamons, not compared to the solid white snakes. And I really like the super blacks.
You dont see them because not many breed them because of the potential problems.
0.1 Albino
0.2 Classic
0.1 Het. Red Axanthic
0.1 Mojave h. Ghost
0.1 Pastel
0.1 Spider h. Ghost
1.0 Black Pastel
1.0 Blue Eye Leucistic h. Ghost
1.0 Lesser
1.0 Pastel h. Ghost
You just don't see that many super black pastels or black pastel/cinnamons, not compared to the solid white snakes. And I really like the super blacks.
It's 'safer' to breed the leucistics. Less chances of genetic deformity.
A friend of mine hatched out a few 8 balls. 2/3s of them were deformed with spinal kinks and/or abnormal faces. Some had cleft pallets and deformed jaws. They physically couldn't eat so they were culled.
I don't know if his odds were just crappy, but if 2/3s of other Super Blacks/Cinnys had issues like his, then I could see how nobody would want to breed them in order to avoid such issues...
Yea. I've always wanted a Super Black Pastel but I could never risk it because I would hate to put down a snake that I knew in advance could have more chances of deformities.
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Originally Posted by digizure
