Albino Pied ?

OP...
while you're waiting for the female double het offspring to mature, breed one of the young males back to the mother and grow those on as well

DH x mother (pied) =
1:2 het pied, poss het albino
1:2 pied, poss het albino

DH x mother (albino) =
1:2 het albino, poss het pied
1:2 albino, poss het pied

Or better yet, instead of breeding siblings to each other you can do 2 pairs. It betters your chances for one thing, and it creates stronger blood lines for a better thing. Less inbreeding is always the better option.

I'd just buy a trio of 100% double hets but even a pair of double hets would be better than buying just a pied and an albino IMO. It will cost you more than buying a pied and an albino, but it is a much safer way to go. It will save you a lot of time, and if the albino that you buy ends up being a slow grower/poor breeder you could be waiting many years just to even get the ingredients to make your albino pied. If you only get a pair of double hets at least even if the female does end up being a poor feeder or breeder when she finally does give you a clutch you will have a shot at your goal right away.

The easiest way would be to just buy one :D

Will be my first year breeding BP's, of course Im pairing a Pied male to an Albino female. :D

I just bought a albino male 66% het pied and 1.4 66% double hets from Riverside Reptile breeders in Pa. All the snakes arrived in good condition about a week ago. 5 out of the 6 have ate for me so far.

I want an albino pied too

lance

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Originally Posted by muddoc

Just remember, that sometimes you may hatch out 4.0 double Hets, or 3.1 even. If you did get 1.3, remember that every female will not lay eggs at a young age (some may take up to 5 years old to lay a first clutch). Then remember that each one could give you 2 eggs/2 infertiles/2 slugs. Then it would take almost 3 years woth of eggs to get 16 eggs, and theoretically you could get 1 Albino Pied. The reason you don't see many Double Homozygous recessives is that it is not easy to hit the goal.

I am not trying to deter anyone from trying to make there own Double recessive, but it isn't as easy as the punnett squares make it sound. Heck, I am on my second clutch of trying to make a True Ghost with Double Hets, and I produced some Double Het Axanthic Pieds last year. I just no, that you have to keep your hopes lower on these long shots.

Good luck to you,

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Indeed. Its no different then investing in stocks; some stocks give you a consistent, however, lower rate of return value wise, while some stocks are a long shot and may give you a high rate of return. The idea here is to hedge your bets when you can by having an array of projects to mitigate risk vs. reward.