The first clutch is out. The pairing was a 0.1 Pastel Mojave X 1.0 Leopard Pinstripe. She laid 9 eggs that all went to term. I only ended up with 2 single gene animals and no duplications. I'm very happy with the results other than I think I hit a four gene animal and it is rather "Meh" looking. Powerful but not terribly beautiful. This is why I tend to be in the camp of "Less is More" when it comes to creating beauty with ball pythons. Sometimes more genes just muddies the canvas. It's like paint. All of the colors are beautiful alone. However, when you mix them together you get brown. I haven't sexed anything but will once they shed.
Experts! Feel free to chime in on some of the Pinstripe combos as this is my first clutch with Pin. I am wise enough to know I may be wrong with some of my identifications. I've added side shots of three of the pin combos in case it helps and if you think Leopard may be present where I haven't called it.
Here are all of the animals in order of appearance.
Leopard Mojave
Leopard Pinstripe
Leopard Pastel Mojave
Leopard Pastel Pinstripe?
Leopard Pastel Mojave Pinstripe
Mojave
Pastel
Jigsaw
Pastel Mojave Pinstripe?
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