First bad luck of the season...

[J.Vandegrift]

The season has been going very well for me until I got to proving out my poss het G-stripe females. I bred a 100% het male to female in 07 and the 3 resulting poss het females all laid this year. I figured at least one would prove out but I ended up with three clutches of poss hets. 9 males and 8 females all together. Little dissapointed about this one but I guess you can't win them all. All of the poss hets are at least really nice and bright orange, but I don't know if I am up to raising up all the poss hets again on this project. Might just have to admit defeat on this one and buy a 100% het female. I knew back in 07 that I should have bred that het male to a another female but I just ran out of females for him. Worst part is that I paid more for that het male in 07 than a visual g-stripe costs now.

[SlitherinSisters]

Worst part is that I paid more for that het male in 07 than a visual g-stripe costs now.

Oh man what a heartbreak!!! Hopefully you'll have better luck next year

[joepythons]

Sorry you were unable to prove her out .I would not give up though

[Watever]

Don't forget that a het x het will not always result in a homozygous in the clutch. So one might still be a het, just that you were unlucky.

Might be worth to buy a G. Stripe instead of a het now ? That would increase your chance. Even if you paid quite a lot of money on that het male, it would not be all useless if you actually have a het female in those possible ones.

Money comes, money goes. You never know where it's gonna be.

But yeah, possible het can be a pain in the ass I think. But when you hit it, it's good.

[Patrick Long]

John, Heartbreak Hotel.

Sucks to take a bullet for sure, not only money, but TIME and ENERGY put into it.

It will all come back around full swing, you know it will.

Good luck brudda.

[nixer]

The season has been going very well for me until I got to proving out my poss het G-stripe females. I bred a 100% het male to female in 07 and the 3 resulting poss het females all laid this year. I figured at least one would prove out but I ended up with three clutches of poss hets. 9 males and 8 females all together. Little dissapointed about this one but I guess you can't win them all. All of the poss hets are at least really nice and bright orange, but I don't know if I am up to raising up all the poss hets again on this project. Might just have to admit defeat on this one and buy a 100% het female. I knew back in 07 that I should have bred that het male to a another female but I just ran out of females for him. Worst part is that I paid more for that het male in 07 than a visual g-stripe costs now.

man that stinks i havent produced one either in this is my last year was my first year and i didnt get one egg from either female, but the male had sperm and locked many many times

[J.Vandegrift]

Yea, this was the only sour spot on an otherwise great season. I am hoping I just missed on the odds and one of the poss hets proves next year. My het male came from snake keeper so I am confident that he is actually a het. I'll probably give them one more season before I move on from the project.