Snappers

[jonathan7]

I have been keeping and raising snappers for about four years and i am taking my first step into albinos i am planning to get some possible het snapping turtles and am not sure if the risk of them being normal is worth the price of them.(relatively cheap imo)

[TheSnakeGeek]

not sure what you're asking, and i know nothing about snapping turtles or how long they take to reach breeding maturity or how much they cost, but buying possible hets is always a gamble. i would make sure to get pictures of clutch mates that actually were albino, that way you at least know for sure the parents were true hets.

[jonathan7]

That is what the breeder said he would send me pics of the clutch to show the albino babies to prove the parents were two hets. What i was trying to say is the price of three possible hets worth the gamble of getting an over price regular snapper.

[MarkS]

depends on the sexes, I've often bought groups of possible het females, I wouldn't spend money on a possible het male though, you'll want to buy at least a het male if not a homozygous one.

[jonathan7]

I am planning on getting 2females and a male but i am hoping they are het

[MrLang]

If the parents are both hets, the babies are only a chance of being het. One of the parents needs to be an albino for it to be a guarantee.

[cory9oh4]

I thought this was going to be about fish, after reading the title. I got a tad bit hungry. Lol.

Snapping turtles on the other hand, sound fun! Good luck with your venture!

[jonathan7]

I know about genetics the parents are both hets and the hatchlings should end up being het normal or albino.