Quote Originally Posted by atp151415 View Post
so basically, dont get a lemon unless it looks something completely brighter and deferent from a normal pastel
Well, here's some contrast for you with my lemon and how he's aged:

These are the first pictures that Adam of 8ballpythons sent me of Winston and said he was going to be a smoker as he grew. I will admit that when I first saw them I went ....um....ok.... (Adam already knows this story).





Adam says "trust me - he's going to be HOT!" - so, I trusted him. Next pictures I get of Winston are:


and



I still wasn't convinced he was going to be "all that", but then one day Adam and I were talking and he said "wait until you open that box, you are not going to believe how hot Winston is now" (now, Winston was "picked out" in September of '06 but he wasn't shipped until late January of '07 because of my time off limitations).

So, I open the box and I find this:



oh no - wait - this:


and over the past year, he's gone on to this:


and this


and this


and my favorites!




Bottom line - find a breeder that you trust. I trust Adam implicitly. Despite my initial - "ok, whatever you say, Adam" reaction to Winston's first pictures, I'm glad I trusted my breeder, and I couldn't be more thrilled with my lemon pastel!