calculating price based on het. %?

I've long found interest in the variety of attitudes to possible hets and odds in general. I think it's one of those glass half full/empty things. I'm in the minority even willing to mess with possible hets. Sure, if I could afford 100% or even visibles I would do that but in the example above even for those who could afford them I doubt you can even find 100% triple hets yet much less pastel spiders that are also 100% triple recessive hets.

Because many people seem to prefer not taking the chance on a possible het not proving the extra price for possible het is very little so I like having the chance that they will prove. So far I’ve proven het albino on both sides in a clutch where dad was 66% chance het albino and also 50% chance het Jolliff axanthic and mom was 50% chance het albino. I’ve also proven het albino in another clutch where the dad was 66% chance het albino and also 66% chance het stripe and mom was 50% chance het albino. And also het hypo in a pastel het hypo to 50% chance het hypo clutch. I’ve still got lots of possible hets to put to the test including the axanthic and stripe sides of the offspring of the above albino hits.

But many seem very set against possible hets. I think some breeders even go out of their way not to mention when an animal is possible het, perhaps not to appear as a scammer. I've for sure seen some potential show customer's eyes gloss over at the mention of any possible genes and thought I might be better not to mention them.

So, all that being said, if I was in the market for say a pastel male, I would certainly pay a little more for one from the example clutch that had the bonus 50% chance of being het axanthic and 25% of being het albino and 25% chance being het hypo. How much extra? Hard to say. Maybe with that many independent chances I might go to $100 extra. For sure $50. Not big bucks but the chance could easily double the price I would pay for a pastel male.

Also wanted to add that possible het can make the difference between which of two animals at the same price I'll buy. Once I had the chance to pick between two cinnamon males at the same price. I went with the one that was also 50% chance het hypo for the shot at producing hypo cinnamon when I breed him to the het hypo I proved. Didn't hurt that he was already breeding size but even if the sizes where reversed I would have picked the possible het hypo with most other variables being the same. Hypo cinnamon wasn't even a project I had thought much about before but I knew I wanted cinnamon and finding the cinnamon possible het hypo got me to jump.