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RyanHomsey
at Mon Feb 27 14:51:45 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RyanHomsey ]
There is so much confusion out there regarding "pastelism".
What defines the trait and the benefit of the trait tends to get intermingled and misinterpreted.
Take Jeff's pastel dream albino's from a few years back. Now, how did he label those as "pastel" if there is no melanin present to judge the lack of it? Obviously it is impossible to judge the level of melanin if there is a mutation involved that totally interferes, so how was he able to label them as pastels? Well, I dont believe pastel albinos are deemed "pastel" because of the lack of melanin the individual has... but from the fact that it is from a pastel bloodline and has benefited from the increased color tied to that bloodline.
I think Matt's adult female looks like a pastel to me and is likely from a pastel bloodline (whether the breeder knew he was breeding for lack of melanin/increased color or not). The male is incredible as well obviously.. and many pastels pop out of the stripe line. So I think it is totally safe to call these offspring "pastel" albinos. The problem is that the line in which they have enough color to be deemed a pastel albino is totally subjective... oh well.
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-Ryan Homsey
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- Pastel albinos or ???????????? - mdc, Sun Feb 26 14:47:39 2006
- RE: Pastel albinos or ???????????? - mdc, Sun Feb 26 14:47:53 2006
- Matt that is unreal....... - lexxxx300, Sun Feb 26 15:14:42 2006
- Very Nice Matt! I think........ - Daniel Klopson, Sun Feb 26 16:53:13 2006
- Those are just AWESOME!!!....Congrats. - michaelburton, Sun Feb 26 17:28:36 2006
- NICE Albinos, Matt and big time difference!! I'd like to... - Shane Kinney, Sun Feb 26 19:11:12 2006
- Whatever you call them........They look awesome!! more - JohnLokken, Sun Feb 26 21:59:23 2006
- I think your safe to call that a Pastel Albino, Gorgeous!N/P - BrownsBoas, Sun Feb 26 23:06:41 2006
- Awesome albinos. Very beautiful....np. - cnb2, Mon Feb 27 09:49:39 2006
- Thanks everyone.... - mdc, Mon Feb 27 09:57:39 2006
- RE: Pastel albinos or ???????????? - VolcomHerp, Mon Feb 27 13:50:58 2006
- When they look like that... - PGoss, Mon Feb 27 14:36:42 2006
- Amazing babies! - LauraV, Mon Feb 27 16:47:03 2006
- RE: Pastel albinos or ???????????? - trivalleycon, Tue Feb 28 23:00:33 2006
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I agree completely... more - RyanHomsey, Mon Feb 27 14:51:45 2006
