I’m looking at getting a Candino ball python as I really like how they age with the coloration, and they don’t seem to fade like a lot of other ball python morphs. Something that definitely catches my eye, though, are the pastel Candinos, who have just beautiful bright coloration. My worry is that if I get one, the pastel gene would make it fade with age. Is that what happens?
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Pretty much all ball pythons will fade to some degree. It definitely won’t be as bright as an adult as it is as a baby.
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Yeah, I definitely get that. That’s one of the reasons I was drawn to the Candino morph because I’ve seen a couple of videos online of them as adults, and they honestly get even more beautiful. I was just wondering if the browning out pastel effect would happen to a Candino pastel.
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The yellows will fade to a lighter color, but there won’t be any browning. They are T- so they won’t have the tyrosine to make that color.
Iirc, Caramel albinos are T+ so they will become more brown as they age. But they’re not worked with as much because of the kinking and fertility issues.
I believe ultramels tend to stay a bit brighter than caramel albinos but they can still brown out on the darker areas and the yellows will fade.
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