Jason's Jungle - Pastel Ball Python Projects

Graziani Line Pastel Ball Python Project

Scientific Name: Python Regius
Common Name: Ball Python, Royal Python
Location: West Africa, Ghana
Size: Adults typically between 36"-48", around 1200g-2400g
Housing: Adults can live in a 40 or 55-gallon tank (or equivalent)
Experience Level Needed: Novice, Intermediate

The pastel morph is a co-dominant gene. The visible changes vary from snake-to-snake, but generally the pastel gene brightens the yellow, fades the black, produces a white belly, and yellows the eyes. A good pastel specimen is beautiful. When bred with another pastel, a pastel will produce (25% odds) a super pastel which is an even more exaggerated version of this beautiful trait. There are several lines of pastels (Graziani, Bell, and NERD being the most popular). They each have some fantastic specimens but we feel that the general looks of a Graziani line pastel can't be beat.

PPHGSBP-M-1
We actually sold off our other pastel breeders in favor of this guy. He's one we got from Anthony McCain. He's a pastel possible het genetic stripe. The true het GS's have quite a bit of 'blackbacking' on them so we're pretty confident in this one. Regardless, he's one of the most stunning animals I've ever seen. I smile every time I see him.

PBP-F-1
This is our lone pastel female, an asset we can't wait to use. She was bred by Jason at Circle City Serpents from a project we jointly own. He did an amazing job with her, she a gorgious Graziani line with tons of blushing. She went from 80g to 950g in about 9 months then chose to go off feed for almost 4 months. She is back on feed, was up to 1800g in '06 so we bred her. She bred the pastel about 15 times...nothing. Grrrr, we'll try again in '07-08.

PBP-F-2
When we had some clutches in the incubator this year, I decided to go ahead and re-invest in another female pastel. I ideally want another for next year but we'll have to see how things go. This girl will be my bumblebee maker. She's a slow eater but she should be good to go by the time next season rolls around. She came from Paul Edwards, a girl he bred and raised up himself.

PBP-F-3
We traded in our incompatible ghost male to Aaron Burkett for this girl. He had a ghost female that had the same story as our ghost male and we needed another female pastel. I'd still like to have about another 3-4 of them honestly. This girl took off like a weed and bred the spider for 2 months straight, I'd be surprised if we don't see some bumblees by July.

PBP-F-4
I had cut back several normal girls and really wanted a pastel female breeder anyways and ran across this one from our friend Brandon Landsverk. I could NOT pass her up. She's our largest girl and one of the best looking. Expecting a good clutch out of her in '09.

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