Hello everyone! My name is Alex and I'm a reptile enthusiast from Mexico.
I've been growing out my snakes for about three years, and this year I had my first breeding season. Due to some unfortunate circumstances and silly mistakes, I lost four of the seven fertile eggs my female laid, but the remaining ones went out to hatch and I now have three apparently healthy baby ball pythons. However, I'm now struggling to figure out what's going on with them genetically. My female is a Pinstripe and I primarily bred her to a Lesser male, although I did throw in a Cinnamon Enchi male as well, and now I'm thinking he could be the one that fathered this clutch, even though she was only with him a couple of times.
Here are some pictures of the hatchlings, they are all obviously pinstripes, but I'd really appreciate any help in narrowing down any other genes that might be in them.
Hatchling number one:
https://im.ge/i/20210816-103736.NN43W
https://im.ge/i/20210816-103726.NNB40
This is the most confusing one in my opinion! The dark eyes and faded eye-lines make me think there's Cinnamon in it, but the dorsal stripe seems to be too bright for it to be just that. However, assuming it was a Cinnamon/Pinstripe, it couldn't have any of the other brighter genes. It can't be a Lesser if it is already a Cinnamon because babies can't have two fathers, and it can't be an Enchi because Cinnamon and Enchi are supposed to be allelic, so it would be impossible for a hatchling to inherit both from a single parent. So yeaaah...
Hatchling number two:
https://im.ge/i/20210816-103758.NNJTm
https://im.ge/i/20210816-103749.NNnUr
This one seems too bright to be just a Pinstripe, but not bright enough to be a Lesser Pinstripe. I'm thinking Enchi Pinstripe? It also seems to have slightly clearer eyes than the others.
Hatchling number three:
https://im.ge/i/20210816-103815.NPMtc
https://im.ge/i/20210816-103812.NNpRf
I'm thinking this one is just a Pinstripe with a nice uninterrupted dorsal stripe. But assuming the second male fathered the clutch, wouldn't it have to be an Enchi or Cinnamon?
I'm really sorry if I'm coming across as a total newbie. That's probably because I am. At any rate, thanks to anyone who took the time to check this post out, and I'd love any input you could give me. Cheers!
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