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I don't want to get my hopes up that i've stumbled across a new line of pastels, i'm sure they're just pretty normals, but who cares!

These guys are a result of pairing two very high color, almost fully striped/abberant boas. I expected "pastels" with tons of striping... maybe some type of jungle?!

Instead I got 1.2 "pastel" anerys, 0.3 anerys, 3.2 "pastels", and 3.6 normals. I'm going to hold back almost everything so maybe in 2010 I'll get to the bottom of exactly what I have here.

Would really like to hear what you guys think.....

Thanks for looking,

Guy Scavone II
Living Art Herpetology

"Pastel"

"Pastel" just missed the raspberry....

"Pastel" a little over-exposed, but a true representation of how incredibly clean they are....

"Pastel" Anery

"Pastel" Anery

Anery

Beautiful animals Guy!
Judging from the color and kind of star-shaped saddles... it the first few were a bit brighter, i'd say you had some T Albinos!

THey do look great! And those anery's are smoking!

I do see lots of colombian boas being born this year with much more reduced melanin, especially around the tail area - what was once fully black or muddied up.

Alex Smith has been working with a line of 'pastels' he has selectively bred. His animals strongly resemble the 'commons' you posted. They have that overall peachy look, with faint rusty saddles and a cleeaan ttail like yours. Might want to talk to him!

So your adults were striped, and presumably not anery or het for anery, and this is what you got? anerys and no stripes?!
That is odd, and intriguing...

Like you said, in 2010 maybe we'll find out! lol

Hope you make lots more like these before then - 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

Joe, I'm going to get some pics up of the parents as I've had a lot of people ask to see them. I have some shots of them from 2 years back that I need to scan in, but I'll post them when I do.

Thanks for the input on them... like I said, still unsure as to what the heck is going on, but that's the fun of this right?!

Thanks,

Guy Scavone II
Living Art Herpetology