Albino and Lesser Platinum

[lesser burt reynolds]

Hi, I have been a Ball Python owner since '03 and I just recently added an male Albino. I have loved these snakes for several years now and I would like to start breeding. Currently I have a standard male that I purchased in '03 , a new Albino and lesser Platinum female I purchased in December. My current thought is that I should work off of 2 groupings.

The first is off of my Albino male- I'd like to work him with another albino as well as 2 mojaves. I obviously know what I would get with the Albino, but what about the Mojaves? I would think that I would get 50% regular het albino and 50% mojave het albino. Is this correct? if so, could I re-breed the mojave hets and get albino mojaves? I have never seen one, so it makes me a bit curious. Hopefully someone can set me straight.

The second grouping i would like to get going would involve me adding a lesser male and female to the lesser I already own, as well as maybe a spyder or pinstripe. The lessers together would give me lessers as well as a shot at a leucistic. But where would I be with the pinstrip/spyder?

I have been searching for materials, but some of it seems to conflict. I was told John Berry has a great book for morphs, but it's out of print. I would really welcome some advice and suggestions.

Thanks a lot,

[kc261]

The first is off of my Albino male- I'd like to work him with another albino as well as 2 mojaves. I obviously know what I would get with the Albino, but what about the Mojaves? I would think that I would get 50% regular het albino and 50% mojave het albino. Is this correct? if so, could I re-breed the mojave hets and get albino mojaves? I have never seen one, so it makes me a bit curious. Hopefully someone can set me straight.

You are correct that albino x mojave will result in roughly half het albinos and half mojaves het albino. You could then breed a mojave het albino to the albino or to a het albino to get a chance at mojave albinos. If you breed mojave het albino x mojave het albino, you will have a chance for mojave albino, and also BEL albino. I can't remember seeing a mojave albino. They might be interesting, but if it were me, I'd go for an albino of something that has a more obvious pattern, like pins or spiders, or even the floating pattern that is common on cinnamons or the squiggles that are common on black pastels.

The second grouping i would like to get going would involve me adding a lesser male and female to the lesser I already own, as well as maybe a spyder or pinstripe. The lessers together would give me lessers as well as a shot at a leucistic. But where would I be with the pinstrip/spyder?

Lesser x spider would give you a chance at lesser bees. Lesser x pinstripe would give you a chance at king pins.

I have been searching for materials, but some of it seems to conflict. I was told John Berry has a great book for morphs, but it's out of print. I would really welcome some advice and suggestions.

John Berry's book is out of print, but he is working on a new version. I've heard it will be out in Europe this spring, but I do not know when it might be available in the US.

As far as other sources seeming to contradict themselves, that is probably partly because there are different theories on most things, and also partly because every thing changes so quickly, both in terms of general knowledge and which morphs have been produced.

[lesser burt reynolds]

Thanks a lot. Do you know what would happen if I bread my Albino and Lesser together? I suppose I would get normals het albino and lesser het albino? If thats correct, what would happen if I put my albino with the het lesser albino? I am picturing a white snake with red eyes. There was post here a while ago that supposedly had a picture of one. I am more interested in being creative than really making money. I'd be happy to make something new and send them to good homes at a minimal amount than breed just for profit.