Pastels *should* drop in price faster than recessive hets. They are hets--but instead of breeding a het to a normal and having to guess which ones are carrying the desired gene--you can already tell. Too easy to produce.



Can't even come close to comparing the price to a butter stripe cornsnake. That is a triple recessive morph combination...something that has not even been accomplished in ball breeding yet. And if I do recall correctly butter stripes were $1000 just a couple years ago.



Now tell me what a male het stripe, het amel or het caramel goes for and then compare the price to a male pastel ball.



Pastels are a wonderful base morph and the price decrease can make them accessible to people just discovering ball pythons or snakes in general.
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Kassandra Royer

Royer Reptiles

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• Pastels: Junk snake status??? - fsr, Tue Sep 5 07:19:55 2006
• Even adult normal females are $300-$600! - GaryCrain, Tue Sep 5 07:50:24 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - HognoseVsPython, Tue Sep 5 07:51:07 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - rockinreptiles2, Tue Sep 5 08:51:59 2006
• Come on now.................... - fsr, Tue Sep 5 09:18:20 2006
• RE: Come on now.................... - joshhutto, Tue Sep 5 09:34:47 2006
• What are pastel males but hets... - ChrisGilbert, Tue Sep 5 12:07:56 2006
• co-dom vs. recessive - fsr, Tue Sep 5 14:55:11 2006
• RE: co-dom vs. recessive - joshhutto, Wed Sep 6 00:39:15 2006
• I noticed about "ball breeders"... - Fourquet, Tue Sep 5 09:08:04 2006
• Read my "come on now" reply.......more - fsr, Tue Sep 5 09:29:02 2006
• RE: Read my "come on now" reply.......more - joshhutto, Tue Sep 5 09:37:18 2006
• RE: Read my "come on now" reply.......mo - sonoranreptile, Tue Sep 5 20:26:15 2006
• Welll............... - jeff favelle, Tue Sep 5 20:44:22 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - coldthumb, Tue Sep 5 10:56:56 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - toshamc, Tue Sep 5 10:59:03 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - rosaleesmommy, Tue Sep 5 11:24:31 2006
• W.O.W. my RANT..... - HTDesigns, Tue Sep 5 11:31:50 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - BallBoutique, Tue Sep 5 14:35:07 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - Lance, Tue Sep 5 15:00:20 2006
• Good point... may be I should try that.. - garweft, Tue Sep 5 16:29:09 2006
• Take a cue from dog breeders... - garweft, Tue Sep 5 16:23:02 2006
• Very smart post... nicely done! NP - delphipythons, Tue Sep 5 16:53:41 2006
• RE: Take a cue from dog breeders... - toshamc, Tue Sep 5 17:23:01 2006
• RE: Take a cue from dog breeders... - joshhutto, Wed Sep 6 00:55:40 2006
• WOW!! Very good reply......more - fsr, Tue Sep 5 20:33:14 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - RoyerReptiles, Tue Sep 5 16:52:50 2006
• One question. . . - idaviss, Tue Sep 5 17:06:57 2006
• WOW - JLokay, Tue Sep 5 17:10:48 2006
• The reason I wrote that statement....... - fsr, Tue Sep 5 20:46:59 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - EmberBall, Tue Sep 5 17:21:36 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - Balls_of_STL, Wed Sep 6 08:13:07 2006