Is This a Het For Pied?

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..
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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.

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.

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?

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 :P)

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.

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.

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