Baby Checkereds on the Ranch

[RicMartin]

Congratulations Steve!

Great picts.

Ric

[guidofatherof5]

The little Checkereds that were born on the Ranch are doing well. A few for them are still not eating worms but are still thriving.
This little female always catches my eye when I work with them.
She's going to be a great looking adult.

[kibakiba]

Ooooh. She is a definite cutie!

[ConcinusMan]

Now those look a heck of a lot like what Shannon calls "Pastel" I still don't quite get what that means. I have a pair of those coming soon.

[guidofatherof5]

Now those look a heck of a lot like what Shannon calls "Pastel" I still don't quite get what that means. I have a pair of those coming soon.

Same snake in both photos. She's is the most black and white one out of the group. She's also an albino het.

[ConcinusMan]

Well, the snakes I have coming look like those and shannon called them "pastel". They are also het albinos.

here they are, and can anyone explain to me what the heck makes them "pastel" ? She says if you mate a pastel to a normal, you get pastels and normals first generation. I'm having a hard time seeing the difference between pastel and normal.

[guidofatherof5]

No idea. I just call them gorgous.

[kibakiba]

Lighter more pastel looking colouring? Seems like it. Any time I see someone calling a snake "pastel" it has, say, a pastel yellow type colour.

[indigoman]

What Steve has would in my eyes be considered pastel, the lighter background color be it yellow or creame make the black squares seem to stand out more. I have some who have a brighter look to them but i wouldn't call them pastel from the comparison of the ones i've seen under that label.

[ConcinusMan]

I agree. Those are pastel checkereds he has there. The head pattern gives it away too. Mine are coming in less than two weeks. Yippy!