There are still many people just entering the hobby that would like something other than a normal Ball. The Pastel, as a baby especially, is alot nicer looking than a normal, and is not going to break the bank. So, it is a good choice for people who are vendors at shows, as their low end sale, and for pet stores.
The down side is everyone is breeding them. The other down side is that people are using Super Pastel males now, which make even more Pastels. I sold my lone male Pastel breeder last year, and have replaced him with a Pastel cross male, Pastel YB male, and Pastel Het Clown male. I think alot of breeders will be doing something similar, replacing adult male Pastels with Pastels het for something, and Supers. There will be a plethora of adult males for sale, not enough people to buy them, the price will come down on the adult males, which will drive down the price on baby males. I am not really surprised, what I am surprised about is the price of FEMALE Pastels. I will start replacing normal females with Pastels females in the near future at these prices. I have one Pastel x normal clutch hatching right now, and one Pastel x Pastel clutch due to hatch in 10 days. Pastels rule!

Dave

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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