I'm tagging this thread mostly so I won't miss updates... but I will say you have some really purty snakes, whatever genes they carry.

Has anyone considered the possibility that these snakes carry some other gene, not desert, but not "just pastel" either?

I think the babies this year will tell us a lot. Although using a normal would have erased some questions, like "is het pied showing through and affecting it?", I still think the pairings that were done will be pretty revealing.