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I would expect a Lemon Pastel to be brighter and more vibrant. I'm seeing ads for Lemons that are down right ugly and barely qualify as an ugly Pastel. Am I missing something? I have no Lemon Pastels, only normal so I cannot do a side-by-side comparison.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

Compare the number of people selling lemons vs. the number of breeder lemons available last fall. NERD has a lemon line that consistently breeds brighter animals, but only a relative few of those animals are out there, compared to the claims. It's generally best to ignore the adjectives, and judge for yourself from a picture.
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Al Zulich
Harford Reptile
www.pythons.com

>>Compare the number of people selling lemons vs. the number of breeder lemons available last fall. NERD has a lemon line that consistently breeds brighter animals, but only a relative few of those animals are out there, compared to the claims. It's generally best to ignore the adjectives, and judge for yourself from a picture.
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>>Al Zulich
>>Harford Reptile
>>www.pythons.com

I see it all of the time and I just grumble to myself....

THere are many people calling this and that lemons when they are NOT!

I do not even produce lots of Lemons....here and there...my original male is a sporadic breeder at best and I relied on him for years for almost all of my production. This year I made some real nice ones and I have done well selling them. They really are different, they don't have all of the orange. A best case example is black, yellow and white with a nice neck stripe on it!

If you mix a Lemon and a normal Pastel line together they are NOT Lemons.... that introduces they orange and you lose what makes it a Lemon.

The Lemon line denotes my original wild caught male that is different than my other pastels.

Kev
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www.newenglandreptile.com

The only real difference i have seen is the fact that you nail on the term "Lemon" to the beginning of the name, the value automatically jumps up by about 400-500.

sometimes it's just the money that is differnt I think

lemons should be better and brighter ...but at times they are just as "overshadowed" or whatever you want to call being faded by color over top the yellow.....

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sometimes they are clean and beautiful yellows and do not have overcasting dullness.....

at times they grow dull and at times ??I supose they would stay clear yellow?.someone may post a clear adult pic?.....
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…to the "Wild & Wooly" Ball Python market.
Some sell snakes, some snake oil. It's wide-open, unregulated and you have to consider the options before you buy. What's in a name? Depends on who's calling it. And not all people have integrity; this market brings out the best & worst in people. I love it! I enjoy the craziness & I don't mind thinking for myself, I'll be sad when they get around to regulating this like everything else.

Some say of the market “the ship has sailed" & they'll cite examples of why… all in the past tense: backward thinkers. But I look ahead & see that there’s still freshness here, newness, filled with incredible possibilities! To me seems like there’s so much to look forward to… yep, I’m hooked!
NorthernRegius