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Hatched out 7 babies from this pairing and the pastels are really cool and here is one of them...

Here is the sire...who apparently is not genetic...not dominant anyway.

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Matt Lerer
Ghi Reptiles

Thats a nice pastel but "The Ball" is amazing. Thats gotta be some kind of genetic good luck.
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B Sleeper

1.0 Chocolate Lab
0.1 ?? Normal Ball python (yet different)
1.0 04 Het Albino
1.1 06 Het Albino
1.0 06 Het Pied
1.0 06 Pastel
1.0 07 Pastel

it looks like that "super" granite thing in the classifieds....none of your offspring have any granite look to them?
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Michael Enriquez

Some have some granite speckling but nothing substantial...
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Matt Lerer
Ghi Reptiles

The ball is amazing!! I sure hope he proves to be genetic, I want one of his babies someday.
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DH who puts up with it all

Are you kidding. That would be a cruel joke by the snake gods if that thing did not prove out to be at least recessive. That is a seriously awesome snake.
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Ryan Sherman
Scottsdale, Arizona
www.ThePaintedPython.com

I think it does look like the father. After a few years, the blushing should look similar. The pastel probably overlapped a bit and brightened up the color. The faded head and other pattern elements really look like the sire. I think you have your double combo.
Justin
AAR

The top of the head is neat, kinda "baldy" looking. I would be very anxious and excited to breed a sibling back to dad, and a sib to sib if I were you, there might still be something that hasn't fully shown itself yet. Best of luck!!!
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Jeff Benfer

1.0 pastel Python regius
1.1 mojave Python regius
0.1 normal Python regius
1.3 Terrapene carolina thriunguis
2.3 Terrapene carolina carolina
4.1 Kinosternon baurii
1.1 Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
2.2 double het albino and anerythristicThamnophis sirtalis parietalis
1.0 anerythristic Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
2.2 Iowa snow Thamnophis radix
0.2 het Christmas albino Thamnophis radix
1.1 double het cherry erythristic, albino Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 melanistic Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 triple heterozygous for amelanistic,carmel, and stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 anerythristic motley Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 Okeetee Pantherophis guttatus

Hey Matt,I do think you have something here,,
it got some kind of stripes,faded head,the side pattern..
You are on to something here..

Congrats..
Rolf