Pastels make EVERYTHING better.
This is a Pastel Albino Yearling, a baby Pastel Albino, a second generation Pastel Hypo and at the bottom a yearling typical Albino.
Another shot of one of the other Pastel Albinos with the same normal Albino and the Pastel Hypo.
You know for years a small minority of Boa keepers believed in the Pastel projects. The majority did not. In fact a number of large breeders went out of their way to be very vocal about their lack of belief or confidence in the Pastel trait. It's too bad because I think the primary reason for bad mouthing the Pastel thing was somehow an effort to focus more attention on their own projects. I have always believed in selective breeding in conjunction with some of the known and proven morphs. I have been slowly trying to not just make Albinos or Hypos but to, through selective breeding, improve on Albinos and Hypos. I have been quietly and sometimes not so quietly touting Pastels. After years of selective breeding, saving the best animals for long term breeding projects and now that these Boas have come of age we are fortunate to have produced some of what the Pastel characteristic can and will produce. Others have done the same. I have said it before and I will say it again. We have only seen the very tip of the iceberg regarding what can be done and produced using Pastels.
Here is one of my Pastel Hypos giving birth 13 days ago:
Here are a few of her babies a few days after they were born before they shed:
Here are a few again when they are 12 days old and have had their first shed:
We still have just touched the surface. Pattern abnormalities, outrageous color, new mutations and who knows what else have and will become more common as this most interesting of traits becomes more refined and fine tuned. Bringing in other wild patterned and colored animals is the key to stay one step ahead or one move beyond the average. Never let it be said that I was average. Can me a dork. Can me a jerk. Call me anything you want but please do not call me what I hope to never be... average. My Boas feel that same way. Call us beautiful! OK, I'm not so cute but this kids are.
Have fun! I know I sure am!
