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Anybody notice the few breeders selling black sterlings as silver streak's?

A silver streak is a ''pastel super black pastel'' and a black sterling is a ''black pastel super pastel'', big difference, no?

"Anybody notice the few breeders selling black sterlings as silver streak's?
A silver streak is a ''pastel super black pastel'' and a black sterling is a ''black pastel super pastel'', big difference, no?

Yes, there is a big difference, but it's in your definition of the two morphs;
A Sterling ball is a Super Pastel Cinny
a Silver Streak is a Super Pastel Black Pastel.
a "black Sterling" as you mentioned, doesn't exist. The Sterling name is linked to used to describe a black pastel morph, not a cinny morph.
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Nope, a silver streak is a Pastel Super Black Pastel just as a Silver bullet is a super cinnamon pastel!

Sterling is the definition of the Super Pastel combined with cinnamon, a black sterling is a Super Pastel black pastel.

It gets confusing, hence using the word black before sterling.

Actually you are wrong. The Sterling is a super pastel cinny where as the silver streak is a super pastel black pastel. Ian G has his line of cinny's which he calls black pastel which he made the first silver streak. The sterling is produced useing a Grazianni Cinny. So they are infact the same snake just a differant line of cinny is used to make each one. And the silver bullet is the other side of the equation. It is a super cinny pastel. I hope I explained it in simple enough terms, I know these things can get pretty confusing when we start talking about supers and multible morphs. Take care Paul

Wow, is this ever confusing !?!?!

Just for sake of discussion, I was under the impression that ;

Silver bullet (Pastel Super Cinnamon)
Silver Streak (Pastel Super Black Pastel)

Sterling (Cinnamon Super Pastel)
Black Sterling (Black Pastel Super Pastel)

Sterling = super pastel cinny
Silver streak = super pasel black pastel
Silver Bullet = super cinny pastel
Not produced yet = super cinny super pastel

Nope, wrong again. Neither of the two animals named in your original post are the super cinny or super black pastel. Super pastel combo'd with either a cinny or a black pastel
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"a "black Sterling" as you mentioned, doesn't exist. The Sterling name is linked to used to describe a black pastel morph, not a cinny morph"
Flip that. Sterling used to describe Cinny, not a Black Pastel.
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I REALLY wish all the combo names did not exist for any morph.
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John Vandegrift