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When i first got her she had a mess of dark gray colors along with a light pink coral patterning coming through. Love her tail. Anyways, as you can see shes not so messy any more, seems like she gets brighter, more clean looking with each shed... either that or I'm just loosing my mind, very well could be. Normal? Good or bad for an albino project? Shes not as colorful as most pastels but she makes my TJ pastel het look like the darkest brown i've ever seen when next to it.. Joe, do you have that pic of her you had posted on the classifieds? I'd like to see it. ( you had her listed as "unique female pastel"

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2.3 Bearded Dragons
1.0 Pastel Ball Pythons (NERD Line)
0.0.1 Water Monitors
1.1 Pastel Red Tailed boa Het. for Albino
1.1 Yellow Ackie Monitors
And Counting...

np
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.1 wife
3.5 kids
.1 retic 15'
1. retic 2'
1. burm 11'
.1 burm 10'
.1 peruvian 9'
1.1 pervian 1'
1. pastel 5'
1. pk stripline 3'
.1 boa 8'
.1 boa 5'
.1 boa 6'
6 baby boas

Wow how she lightened up! sweet pastel =)

You know, I always save pics! but i've been searching for a while and still haven't been able to find them. I have to check at work too.. i'm home today.

Thanks for posting!

Take care, Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

Yeah, i wanted to see the original pic because i remeber her being much darker,and i mean waaaay darker. Do all pastels get lighter by the shed? I thought that they were supposed to muddy up as they age? I'd love to get my hands on a european pastel with alot of color to breed her with, hopefully in the next 2-3 years,and im counting every second. Post that pic if you ever get the chance.
thanks
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2.3 Bearded Dragons
1.0 Pastel Ball Pythons (NERD Line)
0.0.1 Water Monitors
1.1 Pastel Red Tailed boa Het. for Albino
1.1 Yellow Ackie Monitors
And Counting...

young boas gain color until they are about breeding age and size then they tend to darken up...your little girl look young,how old is she?...that pink is very likely to intensify as she grows...
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0.1 c.b.97' 9' 60 lb. common boa "scarlet"
1.0 c.b.02' 6' 15 lb. "hi pink" common boa "maverick"
0.1 c.b.06' 17" firebelly x pastel boa "betty boa"
2 savannah monitors Ozzy & Uggy

1.0 everglades x yellow ratsnake c.b. 04' 4' "pooh"
1.0 c.b.06' redear slider "dweezil"
1.0 c.b.04' emorys ratsnake "zeus"
1.0 Snow Corn "Snowcone"(say it slowly...yes cheesy i know)

"...does it bite?"

Not sure of exact age, she has to be an 06 though. The pink was actually alot easier to see when i first got her because her dark colors made the bright pink really stand out. If i remeber correctly her dad was a coral, and i have heard that it takes some corals a while to fully express the trait. I got my fingers crossed.
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2.3 Bearded Dragons
1.0 Pastel Ball Pythons (NERD Line)
0.0.1 Water Monitors
1.1 Pastel Red Tailed boa Het. for Albino
1.1 Yellow Ackie Monitors
And Counting...

so, in both cases you would tend to see more color as the animal matures, and then it could intensify or stay the same, but generally it doesn't fall back..

the pastel helps it lighten up as it matures, and then kind of stay that way... the snake may darken as a whole in shades, but you'll always have that light, clean basetone and the contrast and such.

pastel adults tend to look like nicer normal yearlings and subadults.. stay crisp, nice, pretty..

Bci Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin