Daniel1983

[Waldorf_301]

Hey I noticed in you sticky thread about shedding, you showed us a picture of a het pie? ( hope I got that right )
Anyways the (male) snake in the picture looks just like mine.

So i'm wondering if mine is a het pie...

cause I've seen various types of what I thought to be norms.
Like the "long streak" on the back of its neck and it tail.... mine's not long, it's very short ( like yours in the picture )

Can you clearify this for me?


note:
if what I SAID made any sense... lol

[rabernet]

The chances are slim that yours is a het pied if you didn't purchase it from someone who produced het pieds. Here's mine, just to show that het pieds' looks vary from snake to snake. Hets, just like normals vary in their appearances.

[Waldorf_301]

Ok!! my snake doesn't look like that and no I sure didn't buy him from a het pie breader...Thank you for replying.

[elevatethis]

i want pie.


Waldo, heterozygous gene carries of recessive traits appear normal and the variability of hets is just the same as it is for normals. You could have 2 snakes that are 100% het for pied that have completely different normal coloration. Just because a normal "looks like" another snake that's a true het, does not mean that normal is likely a heterozygous carrier of the gene.

I have picked up on a few things about hets though...some of the true hets I've seen in person have a different "look" to them. Its hard to explain. Anyone else ever noticed that?

[Waldorf_301]

"heterozygous carrier of the gene."

What does heterozygous mean?

[cassandra]

i want pie.

We need a pie smiley...

[daniel1983]

...called out!...LOL...

...yep, unless you bought your snake as a het ..... chances are that it is not het for anything.....

[Waldorf_301]

Thanks! lol

[Freakie_frog]

Yea Daniel Again thanks for that the little guys is doing great.

[Shaun J]

"heterozygous carrier of the gene."

What does heterozygous mean?

That's the long word for het...