Is This a Het For Pied?

[gcanibe]

I take this male in San Antonio Reptile Expo last year, I love it because he was the one in 150 bp´s with a lot of orange and the only one with this strange markers, but im always thinking if this could be a het for pied, what do u guys think?
Thanks for looking..

[BChambers]

That is not a very strong pied marker, and since the "pied marker" is not a very reliable indicator anyway, unfortunately the odds are not good.

[ang3l3s]

could be but they are usually connected throughout bu the makrers are not always present so...... i too bought one with markers just more lined up but time will tell.

[Drago]

The only way to tell if that is 100% het for pied is to know what the parents were.
Do you have documentation thati it is het for pied? Do you trust the seller?

[blackcrystal22]

Pied markers are a bit 'over-rated' in my opinion.

I personally have a ball python with strange markings with the marker, but I am quite aware he is definitely not het for pied. I think there are possible markings that we are over-looking that can indicate a het, but the pied one, not so much.

I've seen het. pieds with it, poss. het pieds (priced severely higher than the siblings, which I think is wrong), and many many Normals with it.

So, to answer your question, unless the parents had the genetic background, it is not het. for pied. (99.99% considering that caramel pastel spontaneous mutation thread I just read )

[RandyRemington]

Too bad it's a male. I could see breeding a known het pied male to a markered female purchased as a normal because you wouldn't be using up even a whole year's worth of breeding potential for the het pied male. But I wouldn't want to risk it the other way around and possibly waste an entire breeding year (or more) for a 100% het pied female breeding her to that male when you could buy a 100% guaranteed het pied male so cheap and avoid the risk. Maybe breed him to a normal if you want and see if you get any daughters like him to hold back and eventually figure out if you have something.

[Mike Schultz]

I've had normal babies with pied markers running halfway up their bodies... If your baby is a poss het (het to het or het to normal breeding) and has markers you are in good shape... if its just a random normal with cool marks thenits most likely not a het.

[sg1trogdor]

only one way to find out. "Prove it".