Het pied markers.

[Izzys Keeper]

I understand that het pied markers are in no way a definitive way to pick out hets but seeing all the pre-breeding-season commotion about hets has me remembering an old thought i had. When i first got my first ball python i got her from a local breeder. Theu said they were gonna raise her up but decided to sell her. She was around +-800 grams. Ive been looking at her and wondering what would make a "breeder " decide to raise up a normal girl? Now i could be getting caught up in the breeding fever but i think she shows some pretty good het markers (or what some believe are het markers).

My reasoning is that her origins and genetics were probably somewhat known as a possible het by the previous owner, hence the reason they contemplated raising her.

Overly optimistic or am i on to something here?

[SquamishSerpents]

Breed her to a Pied, only way to find out!

[Don]

Only one way to know for sure.

[KingPythons]

A het to pied is best !
Here's my girl but I have paper work on her

[Brandon Osborne]

A het to pied is best !
Here's my girl but I have paper work on her

That is a great marker. People only seem to look for the "tracks". Notice anything else about that belly?

[Annarose15]

That is a great marker. People only seem to look for the "tracks". Notice anything else about that belly?

Clear with lots of yellow/gold?

[snowcolt]

Clear with lots of yellow/gold?

mine has just a little part of orange

[Brandon Osborne]

clear with lots of yellow/gold?

bingo!!!!

[KingPythons]

Clear with lots of yellow/gold?

Yes indeed! Close to 2/3 of her body. Im not sure if all het pieds have yellow markings on the bellys.

[Izzys Keeper]

Yea i know that. I was thinking about getting a 100% het male for her but im not sure if i wanna waste her on a bunch of normals and hets. Any input on the markers? Do theu resemble what people are looking for?