Breeding

Ok, first off I'm not a breeder nor do I intend on breeding. I have read all the post I can and I'm intriqued on how the genetics of a snake work. Now for probably the easiest question out there to you born breeders and all the years of experience. If you have a male Normal breed to a female Normal, would there be any chance of having anything but a Normal? One of those charts that shows the possibilities would be great, as I think I know the answer and am starting to see how people can calulate the possibilities of a morph. If you wer to ask me what the back ground of the snake was, let's just say for argument sake both parents where also Normals.

Thanks in advance.

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Originally Posted by Gerrior

Ok, first off I'm not a breeder nor do I intend on breeding. I have read all the post I can and I'm intriqued on how the genetics of a snake work. Now for probably the easiest question out there to you born breeders and all the years of experience. If you have a male Normal breed to a female Normal, would there be any chance of having anything but a Normal? One of those charts that shows the possibilities would be great, as I think I know the answer and am starting to see how people can calulate the possibilities of a morph. If you wer to ask me what the back ground of the snake was, let's just say for argument sake both parents where also Normals.

Thanks in advance.

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I'd say the chances would be 0%. Unless you hit a 1:100,000,000,000,000 chance that you have a male and a female het for the same recessive morph without knowing it.

Classic jungles. Which are a random occuring morph. Genetics are unknown as far as i know.

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Originally Posted by juddb

Classic jungles. Which are a random occuring morph. Genetics are unknown as far as i know.

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Classic jungles aren't common ... I've produced one in about my last 500 hatchlings or so, and I'm breeding on a fairly large scale. For the average hobbyist breeding a normal ball python to a normal ball python, the offspring will be normal ball pythons.

Hope this helps.

-adam

Thanks everyone, that's what I was thinking, but was interesting to hear about the jungle morph, that's something new. Sorry for the simple question, I will try harder next time for a more difficult one.

Consider normals to be the baseline in your genetics squares.
That's easiest when figuring recessives and dominants and co-dominants.
Wolfy