Het pied Markers

Can anyone help me i am looking at getting a pair of het pied balls and i was told that it is possible to tell if they are het with markers, does anyone know what these markers are?

Thanks

Try this:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...t+pied+markers

and then try using the search function... works really well. :)

you see how the black lines the belly scales thats what people call the het pied marker. I don't know I have seen normals with it and this is my het pied and he has it. So I'd say buy from a well know breeder and get what you pay for.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../8/0/Odin1.jpg

That pic is one I swiped from Daniel when I got him. Hope he doesn't mind me using it.

Just goes to show that so called markers don't mean squat. I've seen normals with a more exaggerated belly pattern than that in that picture above.

I have seen a few 100% hets that do just look "different" which is difficult to put into words. Maybe its all psychological?

The "pied marker" traits are not consistent. I have seen 100% het pieds without it and normals with it.

I would say to buy from a reputable breeder and you will know they are hets.;)

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Originally Posted by MPenn

The "pied marker" traits are not consistent. I have seen 100% het pieds without it and normals with it.

I would say to buy from a reputable breeder and you will know they are hets.;)

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Bravo! :rockon:

-adam

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Originally Posted by MPenn

I have seen 100% het pieds without it and normals with it.

I would say to buy from a reputable breeder and you will know they are hets.;)

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Yep - I have a normal from our first clutch who has a pretty belly like that:

http://www.madwag.com/herpics/belly.jpg

See that normal has a more pronounced black line than my het and its just a normal

Het Markers seem to be nothing but a myth.... it has yet to be proven to be consistant...

With that being said, I have a female who is just a normal, who has a pretty belly like Matt's (Smulkin) baby bp.

Het. pied markers mean absolutly nothing, that terminology was used mostly to sell possible het. hatchlings.


Buy hets. only from someone you can trust! :)