Another clutch of Pastel x Normal.
Breeding:
Eggies!!
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Looks like its going to be a late year again.....
Jeff Favelle
Jul 17, 2003 12:43 PM
Replies (10)
ross2k
Jul 17, 2003 02:36 PM
Those last few pictures are really great. You lucked out on timing it looks like!
I too am expecting a very late season, my only clutch should be layed in two weeks. Hoping for good luck for everyone this season!
Jeff Favelle
Jul 18, 2003 01:00 AM
Its been a weird weird year. So far, I've caught all 6 of my females laying eggs this year. And hopefully more to come!!
Best of luck to you Ross! Keep us updated!
realzkool
Jul 17, 2003 05:51 PM
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mykee
Jul 17, 2003 08:24 PM
A Markus Jayne pastel. Beauty!! Good luck with him Jeff. My guess, 6 eggs; 5 pastels, 1 norm. Is that your 'Monster eater' male?
Jeff Favelle
Jul 18, 2003 03:20 AM
5 Pastels would be insane!! 1st clutch is due to hatch in 2 weeks and it was 6 eggs as well, so hopefully we'll get 5 Pastels from that too! HA ha. Fully jinxed myself. Watch them all be normals.
Cheers! 
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Jeff Favelle
Jul 18, 2003 12:45 AM
From Markus Jayne up here in Canada. 8 months old when he bred.
Thanks all. 6 more eggs from him! And hopefully 3 more clutches to come!!
Wish I bought a Spider now, LOL!
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realzkool
Jul 18, 2003 01:39 AM
Thats a super nice pastel Jeff, correct me if I am wrong, but aren't all the lines the same? (ballpython.com, Graziani, McCurley) I thought they were all compatible. I mean if you breed a Graziani to a McCurley do you not still get supers? or do you get double visable het for both lines? and sometimes in the same animal leading one to believe it is a super? but its not? Great job on getting the little guy to breed when he was eight months by the way! thats amazing.
Jeff Favelle
Jul 18, 2003 03:18 AM
But some just look different. And at this stage of the game, a lot of the Pastels can be traced back to the original breeder. But eventually there will just be Pastels. Probably this year or next.
But I still think they'll be graded (like Pieds). I'm not gonna pay a grand US for a snake that's going to turn brown, even if it is a true pastel.
Cheers.
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snowcrash
Jul 18, 2003 05:23 AM
Jeff, I have seen some adults where the orange has really browned out, yours still has great colors. Can you tell when they are young wether they will turn or not?
Jeff Favelle
Jul 18, 2003 10:23 AM
I can't tell. Probably some people who have gone through hundreds of babies could though. I would just do with the baby that's the most lemon yellow, and the least orange. I think that's a safe bet. And of course, always look at the parents, right?
