Alright, help me make sure I've got this right.

[LSama]

Let us say, hypothetically, that I have a snake that is 'co-dom for Bell line pastel'. 'Bell-line' does not refer to it's morph, but to the line of snakes that it came from--like 'NERD' line snakes come from NERD. Is this correct? And if so, just who is 'Bell'?

[xdeus]

Let us say, hypothetically, that I have a snake that is 'co-dom for Bell line pastel'. 'Bell-line' does not refer to it's morph, but to the line of snakes that it came from--like 'NERD' line snakes come from NERD. Is this correct? And if so, just who is 'Bell'?

Yep, correct. Bell refers to Kim and Mark Bell.

[LSama]

So that means that, chances are, I've got a normal Pastel? See, this is where I get fuzzy. My hypothetical co-dom pastel is from Bell. But that doesn't tell me what kind of Pastel he hypothetically is co-dom for. Because there ARE different kinds of Pastels, right? Lemon and Jungle being two such examples.

[recycling goddess]

well, i guess you'd have to find out what kind of pastel they produce.

[LSama]

Well, yes, this is true...And one day, when I hopefully have the $$ to do so, I will do just that! Because, technically speaking, that's what I've got. A male co-dom for Bell line pastel normal. Or, at least, that's what David over at OldWorldPythons tells me. I'd have to breed him with a pastel female to get pastel bebes, but I could. And would love to. I may as well just change my savings account name to "Fundage For Snake Project". I desperately want another snake, even though I haven't had Siliast for four months yet. Though he did just turn four months old, the little stinker.

[slartibartfast]

I'm not sure what you mean by "codom for pastel male normal".

Either a snake is pastel or it isn't....there's no "het for pastel", since pastel is the het form, and the homozygous form is a super-pastel.

If you hypotheticly breed a pastel male to a pastel female, you will produce pastels, super-pastels, and normals.

However, if you have a pastel male, you can produce pastels simply by breeding him to any female, hypotheticly.

[LSama]

....Okay, I think I see what you mean--and what I misunderstood in the e-mail. So in other words, I've got a snake that looks a little bit prettier than most normals, because his Papa was a bell-line pastel, correct?

[xdeus]

....Okay, I think I see what you mean--and what I misunderstood in the e-mail. So in other words, I've got a snake that looks a little bit prettier than most normals, because his Papa was a bell-line pastel, correct?

Hmm... if the sire (papa) was a pastel, then you either have a normal or a pastel. If you have a pastel, then you will be able to produce more pastels (and normals) by breeding to a normal.

[LSama]

I wished! I have a normal. A handsome, handsome normal, but a normal none the less. A little light colored, but I certainly wouldn't call him pastel. I don't mind at all, nevertheless. He's all mine and he's very healthy and lovely. Which reminds me: I need to get some scales and weigh him.

[xdeus]

I wished! I have a normal. A handsome, handsome normal, but a normal none the less. A little light colored, but I certainly wouldn't call him pastel. I don't mind at all, nevertheless. He's all mine and he's very healthy and lovely. Which reminds me: I need to get some scales and weigh him.

Hey, nothing wrong with normals! Post some pics if you get a chance.