Let me see your ADULT pastels!!

[iPanda]

So if I bred a pastel to say, a bumblebee, the quality doesn't have as big of an effect?

[Rob]

So if I bred a pastel to say, a bumblebee, the quality doesn't have as big of an effect?

IMO when it comes to breeding stock, Quality always matters.

[iPanda]

IMO when it comes to breeding stock, Quality always matters.

Well yes, of course. But if one parent isn't as high of quality as the other, is it a deal breaker? Like i said, in pieds, it doesn't matter the 'quality' of them...the quality is random.

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IMO when it comes to breeding stock, Quality always matters.

Well yes, of course. But if one parent isn't as high of quality as the other, is it a deal breaker? Like i said, in pieds, it doesn't matter the 'quality' of them...the quality is random.

[J.P.]

Well yes, of course. But if one parent isn't as high of quality as the other, is it a deal breaker?

breed the best you've got, but that doesn't mean lower quality animals are totally useless. they are still ball pythons. if what you have on hand is considered low quality, there's nothing wrong with breeding them as long as your directed towards improving your stock.
it's a totally different issue when breeders are focused on production and just churn out clutch after clutch of low quality animals without taking into account that the pastels they produce could be mistaken for normals after a few generations.