I am certain that breeders now are more selective in picking the females they breed with a Pastel male. I never saw Possible`s mother but I am pretty certain she was just a big old normal. I did see his father and he was what I thought to be a poor example of a Pastel. On a dull day you could barely tell he was a Pastel. Out of the five hatched eggs in the clutch three were stunning Pastels, one was very normal and the last was Possible. The breeder had two males at the time and the other was much brighter. His first clutch had no Pastels and I don`t think he bred successfully the following year. Possible`s father was bred several more years and sired some wonderful animals.



"Of course the example of the nice looking early sibling would tend to point to some of the original pastels having some nice yellow extra genes but even it could have picked up color from it's "normal" foremothers in only one or two captive generations."

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