The Pastel Ball Python is the first Morph that most people work with. Because of their ready availability and reasonable price they are sometimes taken for granted. I am going to post some pictures of some very nice Pastels, Super Pastels and combos of both of them that I produced this year to show just what Selective Breeding can do.
Earlier this year I posted some picture of these first two animals. There were produced from a Sterling to Pastel breeding. Both parents were extremely good looking but I was not prepared for how good looking the offspring were. I had plenty of Female Pastels so I wasn’t planning on keeping any more but this one was just not going anywhere. I have never seen a Graziani line with as clean a body color. She almost looks like a Lemon/Graziani cross. Here are some current photos of her.
This next one was her clutch mate. I have produced quite a Few Super Pastels but none as clean looking as this one. She isn’t going anywhere either.
Next lets get to one of the combo’s. I produced a lot of great looking Pewters this year but this is the one Female I decided to hold back for myself.
Next up is the Paradox Pewter I produced. I am not sure if I am going to keep him or not since I have a Male Sterling and a Male Silver Bullet but for the time being he is hanging here.
The next ones up are two very pretty Female Pastel Mojaves. I love these girls and in a few years I plan on using them in a Crystal project. The first one is PASTMOJ08-1.
This next one is PASTMOJ08-2. She is my favorite of the two. I just love that white blushing coming up from the belly.
The last combos I am going to feature are the Pastel mixed with the Yellow Belly. The first one up is a very pretty Female Pastel Yellow Belly. She will be used in the Super Stripe project in a few years unless some other really cool Yellow Belly project pops up by then.
The last one is a real powerhouse. He is a Super Pastel Yellow Belly. If I breed him to a Yellow Belly and I hatch out any Ivories they will all be Pastel Ivories. Cool huh?
Here he is breeding a Pastel Yellow Belly. With some luck I could produce a Super Pastel Ivory from that breeding. That would be fun.
Well I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the next time you look at the lowly Pastel remember that with a little help from Selective Breeding you can do a tremendous amount with them.
PS Some of you may or may not know but I am going to be a guest on Reptile Radio Saturday night (actually Sunday morning 1/25/09 12:00 –1:30 AM), and we will probably be talking about some of these animals. Reptile Radio can be found at the following link. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/reptileradio If you can’t listen to the show live please make sure you download it so you can listen to it your convenience.
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