Hi all! (Updated photos)
I’m a hobby breeder of ball pythons and this is my second year of breeding and I had a doozy of a pairing and I just need help labeling the morphs.
The cross in particular that’s tripping me up was:
-Dam: Leopard Pastel het-puzzle het-hypo
-Sire: GHI Pastel Lesser het-puzzle
They had 6 eggs, all hatched. Go first-time mom!
My guesses are above the pictures of each! Thank you!
Parents: Dam is the darker one; sire is the lighter one.
Full clutch:
Juvenile 1: Lesser super pastel (66% het puzzle and 50% het hypo) MAYBE GHI?
—non-expert sex guess: Male
Juvenile 2: Lesser super pastel (66% het puzzle/50% het hypo)
—non-expert sex guess: Male
Juvenile 3: Leopard, Puzzle, pastel (50% het hypo)
—non-expert sex guess: Male
Juvenile 4: lesser or pastel? (66% het puzzle/50% het hypo)
—non-expert sex guess: Male
Juvenile 5: GHI puzzle lesser (50% het hypo)
—non-expert sex guess: Female
Juvenile 6: GHI (66% het puzzle/50% het hypo) (special underweight hatchling)
—non-expert sex guess: Female
Thanks again!
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Congrats on the clutch 
Unfortunately due to the lighting coming from behind the Ball Pythons it is very hard to get a proper look at most of them to ID them. You’ll need to get bright natural lighting from above them.
I can kind of ID them but these will not be guaranteed again from the lighting.
#1 (poss Super) Pastel Lesser.
#2 (poss Super) Pastel Lesser.
#3 Pastel Leopard Lesser.
#4 Lesser
#5 GHI Lesser
#6 GHI
For #1 & 2 you may need to shed test to confirm for Super Pastel…
Pastel Lessers and Super Pastel Lessers are very difficult to differentiate because Lesser can cause a bit of pattern and color variation between individuals.
As far as #3 & 5 I personally don’t see Puzzle but I am not as well versed in IDing it so someone may have something different to say about it.
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Thank you, unfortunately it’s still cold where I am so it’s hard to take them outside into natural light. I can try today, but the high is only 60 so I’d have to be quick.
Thanks for your opinion! So, apparently leopard and puzzle also can cause the same type of patterning. Puzzle causes decent pattern distortion. I would have to say 3 for sure is puzzle, as for leopard and puzzle, I don’t know. I asked a few others about their opinions and that’s what someone else settled on.
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Hi again!
I uploaded pictures from under natural light.
