I'd venture it was likely a case of sperm retention. May explain why all the other eggs died as well -- she was using really old sperm.

Congratulations on a nice looking baby.
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• The snake gods have smiled on me - spider916, Mon Aug 3 22:05:52 2009
• And here's a picture of mom - spider916, Mon Aug 3 22:14:15 2009
• RE: And here's a picture of mom - EmberBall, Mon Aug 3 22:27:41 2009
• RE: And here's a picture of mom - chongorojo, Mon Aug 3 22:37:29 2009
• More pics of baby - spider916, Tue Aug 4 08:08:33 2009
• may look normal after first shed n/p - FRoberts, Tue Aug 4 16:10:28 2009
• Head shot of mom - spider916, Tue Aug 4 08:26:13 2009
• RE: The snake gods have smiled on me - toshamc, Tue Aug 4 08:43:42 2009
• No Sperm Retention - bigbearhook, Tue Aug 4 09:32:35 2009
• RE: No Sperm Retention - toshamc, Tue Aug 4 10:23:35 2009
• RE: No Sperm Retention - SugarFox03, Tue Aug 4 11:17:37 2009
• RE: The snake gods have smiled on me - bigbearhook, Tue Aug 4 09:34:19 2009
• RE: The snake gods have smiled on me - SugarFox03, Tue Aug 4 12:10:55 2009
• RE: The snake gods have smiled on me - zefdin, Tue Aug 4 12:31:53 2009
• unique mojave? - 414reptiles, Wed Aug 5 01:56:49 2009
• RE: The snake gods have smiled on me - bristen, Wed Aug 5 09:35:44 2009