white % in piebald breeding

When I was bought my piebalds years ago, I did my online research and it seemed to me that most people believed that piebalds with a high percentage of white could be born from any parents with piebald genes. If the parents were visual piebalds with just tiny amounts of white, there was an equal chance of producing high white piebalds compared to parents with high amounts of white. Do people still believe this? This season is my first time producing piebalds. I bought a trio of piebalds years ago and we got 2 clutches of eggs. The first clutch has hatched out and the second clutch should hatch in about 2 weeks. The first clutch has produced 1.3 babies with a high amount of white. I've attached pics of the parents who are medium white animals. In my second clutch, the mother is also a medium white piebald. I can't wait to see what her babies will look like. With only 2 clutches this season, my sample size is way too small to answer my question. I'm curious to know how the parents' amount of white translates to the babies. Can low white pied adults produce high white babies? Can high white pied adults produce low white babies? Thanks in advance. The father: http://imageshack.us/a/img854/7152/vn1i.jpgThe mother: http://imageshack.us/a/img812/5412/jodn.jpgThe babies:http://imageshack.us/a/img132/8570/2ymp.jpg

from my understanding the amount of white will very with the snake itself. (my hets) produced 1 pied very low white which went to Heather Wong in a trade 2-3 years ago) the pieds i got in 2011 were medium amounts of white, I traded one off and kept the other. I hoping to se what I get this year. as my het seems to be willing to breed every other year. ( if I try for every year the second years clutch is either slugs or she don't go)

Beautiful babies!! I love the mother... I love the 50/50.

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The answer to your question is something that I'm interested as well. Definitely keep me updated on this.

I'm looking for a Pied boy right now to breed with my Pastave Het. Pied in a couple of years so I can try for a Pasteve Pied. :)

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It is extremely variable. A pair of 99% white pieds can throw a 1% white pied baby and a pair of 1% white pieds can throw a 99% white pied. The amount of white in the parents has no impact on the amount of white the babies have. That is not to say that a certain pairing will not only produce high white or low white. That is something I can not speak on but I would think that would be a possibility.

Wow those high white babies are sweet! I've always heard that it varies, but I'm wondering if breeding pied x pied if the gene is enhanced :confusd:

Loving all those pieds! :D they all look great!


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