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carpall questions???

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I just hatched out 4 eggs from my normal female ball python that was only bred with my male Jungle Carpet Python. She originally laid 9 eggs and we ended up with 4 good eggs. My question is do they normally look like normal Balls? They have a somewhat brighter back markings and the nose is a little longer but other than that they look like little fat balls. Here are some pics taken at hatching yesterday.
 

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I know they look normal. But the fact is a adult carpet mated with her and the only male ball I owned was a super pastel and he wasnt with her and if he was they would all be pastels anyway. So they have the genes just dont see the looks. they arent Just normal balls though.
 
She could've retained sperm from a previous mating. If those babies have Carpet genes you would see them ;)
 
I did purchase her as an adult but had her almost a year. Witnessed more than several matings with the carpet that locked up with her time after time then the process of ovulating, the countdown till she dropped and 60 days till they hatched. I guess she could have retained sperm if she had been mated before, not sure, but it would have been almost a full year before that.
 
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