Breeders marking "het somthing" with no %

They are either het or possible het.

Het = 100%

PH = 1% - 99%

I mark mine as exactly what they are down to 50%. So I say they are 100% het, or 66% possible het, or 50% possible het..

This way there can be no confusion. I always put possible het after the percentage if it is not 100%.

Of course you'll always get inquiries that ask the details on the percentage if they don't read the add properly, or if they are confused about recessives in general.

It IS all opinions.

A breeder may say that you should ALWAYS say 100%, 66% or 50% het... never leaving it just "het" or "possible het".

A breeder may say that you should ALWAYS say "het" = 100% het, and all else is "possible het" because no matter if it's 66% or 50%, it's still only a possibility and saying a number may misinform the buyer that he has a 100% chance if he buys two snakes each 50% het... for instance.

A breeder may say that ALL hets are "possible het" because even if a parent was a visible, and the other parent was a carrier, there's ALWAYS that small tiny chance that a normal appearing snake is actually NOT a het, because it's live animals with wocky genes and there's always that tiny chance.

So yeah, no matter how set you are that "This is the ONLY right way..." it's still your opinion in how it should be worded. I've been told all of the above positions over the years by various experienced breeders. As long as the breeder is honest in his evaluation, all of the above answers would be technically correct also.

I personally consider my hets to be "100%" or "possible het" without bothering with the details on the possible percentage UNLESS a buyer asks about buying a possible het. Then I detail out what the parents were so they can judge for themselves with full information.

As others have said, marking something het implies 100% het.

I always mark the percentage, whether its 100%, 66% or 50% so there is no ambiguity.