True or False?

[lillyorchid]

I was telling someone online about how I'm going to get a pastel BP next year when the 07 babies hatch. Said person snipped back and said "Don't waste your money they are only bright and pretty when they are babies. They loose their color when they get older, unless you keep breeding them then their color stays a bit".

I've never heard such a thing.
Sooo to all of you people who have "old" pastel's, do their colors "dull" out over time?

[Nate]

I think pastels brown out over time. However, i do believe lemons and blondes keep the yellow for much longer

[wolfy-hound]

Some pastels do brown out. I have 3 pastels, and two are still bright, while the third has dulled "some". She is still very pastel-ly.
Sounds to me like that person was crying sour grapes to me. You enjoy your pastels!
Wolfy

[Freakie_frog]

some do loose their color. How ever Lemons and vanilla pastels tend to keep their color very well.

[Adam_Wysocki]

This is a 4 year old 2000 gram female (I had her picture handy)



ALL ball pythons get darker as they get older ... this is an undeniable fact ... BUT, even a pastel that "browns out" still looks completely different than your average dark brown and black normal ball ... and it's genetically reproducible!!!

Don't waste your money my butt ... if someone doesn't like pastels, fine ... don't buy one ... but if you love the way pastels look, buy the best one you can find from a good bloodline that is known for the best looking adults and hope you do well ... here's a good example of where there is a huge difference between buying from a good breeder and some idiot at a show ... a good breeder (like RDR, NERD, PKR, etc) will work with you to make sure your buying an animal that you will love!

-adam

[Adam_Wysocki]

vanilla pastels

What's that?

-adam

[recycling goddess]

i wondered the same thing... vanilla?

[lillyorchid]

That girl is smoking Adam! Thank you so much for chiming in on this!!!

[SPJ]

Buy a pastel with as little orange wash on the sides as possible and you run a good chance of it holding it's color.

The orange wash browns out as they get older.

[Uncle Festae]

some do loose their color. How ever Lemons and vanilla pastels tend to keep their color very well.

Vanilla's arent Pastels, but Super Vanilla's are hot