Bought a normal with a nice belly, possibly het pied?

What's the harm in breeding her to a male visual pied if you were going to keep and breed her anyway? The male wouldn't really be "wasted" since you can still breed him with more than the one female. The worst you would get are babies that are 100% het pied. If she doesn't prove out, no big deal. Breed her with something else the next year. I would go for it at least once when she's big enough to breed. My curiosity would be too much for me in that situation :P.

i dont see strong pied markers here.

usually it makes sense to look for markers when you KNOW its a 66% or 50% or 25% possible het for something.

if you know nothing about the genetics of the parents and purchased it as a normal, and the markers are not particularly strong or conclusive, it doesnt make much sense to try to prove it.

as others said, with a pied male, you want to breed him to 100% het pied females, or to 100% het + extra gene females, or maybe to possible het + extra gene females. Or to normal females with plenty of nice extra genes that you want to work into your pied project.

you want to hit visual pieds, or if you produce hets, you at least want hets with an extra gene that is desireable to have in a pied project.

There are PLENTY of breeders who sell hets wholesale as. "bi-products."

The chances of your snake being het pied are likely slim, but if you bought it as a normal with plans of breeding it, then there is no harm in trying. As one poster already said, buy a dom or codom het pied (or even a visual pied) and give it a whirl. Nothing to lose.

A lot of downers on here for sure. :colbert:

No need to throw the plans in the crapper. Just be practical about it, and make sure you use a visual pied male. As one person said, if you were going to breed her anyway, I don't see any harm in trying it out, if it's what you want to do. Just be prepared for the babies to all be normal, and then you have only to gain if you do get lucky. As long as you breed her to a visual pied, worst case scenario would be a clutch of 100% hets. Best of luck. ;)