Pastel vs Normal

[herpman97]

I've been looking, and I cant find out the difference between Pastel Balls and Normal Balls. Do the Het Piedbalds on this page look like Pastels?

 

[Barbel]

Pastels are yellow in color while normals are brown. Some pastels can be darker as they tend to "brown out" as they age and can look normalish, but you can always tell if it's a pastel by the lighter head .

Pastel

Normal

 

[Kirksherps]

my male pastel

female normal (het albino)

 

[Pedy9970]

my fremale pastel

 

[Flameethrower]

Pastels while young will be yellow in color with lots of side blushing and faded head. Also look for their signature green eyes. As they get older some brown out being harder to detect as pastel to the untrained eye.

 

[BallpythonsSA]

Yep, look for the following to tell the difference between a normal and a pastel

Pastel has a yellow colouration
Pastel has green eyes
Look at the belly as well, a pastel should have a clean white belly
Pastel has a light coloured head

 

[granitestate]

Based on this topic, I purchased a Pastel from ***** for $30 bucks! Go me!

 

[herpman97]

Based on this topic, I purchased a Pastel from ***** for $30 bucks! Go me!

Go ahead you can say it!!!!!!
Do you need a bright pastel to make a bright bumblebee, because I have seen some brown bees that look like spiders someways.

 

[Srt14292]

Put it this way, if you've got any doubts, breeed it to a known pastel, superpastel = both parents pastel.. lol!

 

[WingedWolfPsion]

Pastel: Green eyes. Sometimes this color can be olive and hard to see, but they will be lighter than you see in a normal ball python.
Fading on the top of the head--this is an important marker trait.
"Jungle" body pattern. The body pattern of pastels is aberrant and irregular compared with most normal ball pythons.

Dark pastels can be hard to distinguish from normals, but these identifying features will let you tell them apart 99.9% of the time. When in doubt, prove it out, though.