I looked. My '05 Graziani pastel has a hook. And lo and behold; his daughter has one also. I already sold off the other babies fathered by him this year, but I will dig up my photos of them..
Dad
closeup:
And baby with a little bitty hook So I proved a hook to be genetic? Should I claim a new morph? Hooker Pastel, I'll call it
-Jen. Back in the hobby after a hiatus!
Ball pythons:
0.1 normal; 1.1 albino. 1.0 pied; 0.1 het pied; 1.0 banana.