Newbie ?'s on BP I recently bought.

[Andrew360]

I went to a Reptile Show this past weekend in Orange County, Ca and bought myself a one month old male 66% 2/3 Possible Het. caramel albino BP for $50. When the owner told me that, it just flew over my head. Can somebody please explain to me in details what does "66% 2/3 Possible Het. caramel albino" means? Was the price I paid for this little guy reasonable? Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Marla]

66%=2/3. It's redundant to say both. Basically what that means is that your new snake is (allegedly) the result of breeding a 100% het to a 100% het. Here's the breakdown:
Parent Cc x Parent Cc
Offspring (by odds): CC cc Cc Cc
Now, the CC will be visually different from the others. It will be a caramel albino. The other three will all look normal, but statistically, 2/3rds of them (or 66%) would be het for caramel albino, so the breeder will call them 66% hets.

[Andrew360]

Thanks Marla!! I'm still trying to comprehend what you just said. Will this male have a chance of making albino offsprings? If so, what type of female should I be looking out to buy? Thanks again.

My brother bought a BP that was suppose to be a male 50% Possible Het. caramel albino. If you don't mind. Can you please break that down for me?

Out of these 2 BP I just mentioned. Which BP has a greater chance of making albino offsprings if they're able to make them? Thanks in advance.

[Marla]

Your male will be able to produce caramel albino (tyrosinase negative, if I recall correctly) babies. You will need a female (obviously) that is at least 50% het caramel albino to do so, but your odds increase if you buy 66% het, 100% het, or actual homozygous caramel albino (in other words, the morph, not the gene carrier) in that order. You may have difficulty buying a lone female, as a lot of breeders will only sell lone males or pairs in their morphs or better hets.

Your brother's snake (allegedly) is the result of breeding a 100% het to a homozygous normal (not carrying any known morph genetic material). To present that in the same format as I gave you above:
Parent Cc x Parent cc
Offspring (by odds): Cc cc
You see there are no CC, so there are no visual morphs, but one of the parents is known to carry the morph gene, so statistically each offspring has a 50% chance of being heterozygous (or, carrying the morph genetic material).

[gen]

Huh? What reptile show in Orange County? I didn't know there was one.

[Andrew360]

Huh? What reptile show in Orange County? I didn't know there was one.

Radical Reptiles just had The West Coast Reptile Show on Oct 30, 31 at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, Ca.

[Magick]

Let me give this a shot... In order to produce a visable morph (in this case a caramel albino) offspring, both parents would have to carry the recessive gene (be a "100%"het). Your snake has a 66% chance of being a "100%" het. The percentages (50%, 66%, 100%) are the chances that it is het. In fact, it either is or is not a het. So you would need a visible morph (caramel albino) or a 100% het to breed your snake to, AND yours would have to carry the gene. If the gene is not present, then it's a normal, no matter what the odds of it being het were. Clear as mud? I hope I helped more than confused. Either way, it sounds like a good deal if it was from a reputable breeder. Did the breeder give you any paper work on your snake's bloodlines?

[Andrew360]

Let me give this a shot... In order to produce a visable morph (in this case a caramel albino) offspring, both parents would have to carry the recessive gene (be a "100%"het). Your snake has a 66% chance of being a "100%" het. The percentages (50%, 66%, 100%) are the chances that it is het. In fact, it either is or is not a het. So you would need a visible morph (caramel albino) or a 100% het to breed your snake to, AND yours would have to carry the gene. If the gene is not present, then it's a normal, no matter what the odds of it being het were. Clear as mud? I hope I helped more than confused. Either way, it sounds like a good deal if it was from a reputable breeder. Did the breeder give you any paper work on your snake's bloodlines?

Thanks for the help. I've been reading about BP's day in and day out since I've gotten my BP. I did not know anything about BP's so I didn't ask the breeder anything about the blood line. I'll have to call the host of the show to get the breeders name. Thanks again.