Recessive Genetics - Het Percentages

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I heard that if you smoke hemp boxers it can sometimes be a #@%$ty high??? True? :P :gj: :tongue2:

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:8: Worse than Mexican swag. :crazy:

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Originally Posted by xdeus

:8: Worse than Mexican swag. :crazy:

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aye carumba. :puke:

-adam

I try to remember to always include "possible" and/or "chance" because even if you believe that only the newbies would get confused there are always a lot of newbies around. Also, the newbies are the ones most likely to buy a possible het. It is a pretty fundamental difference between being half a het and having a 50% chance of being a het that could be cleared up by a little extra effort.

I always thought in the real world that sellers were not the ones with the burden of educating buyers. When they choose to do so, thats called customer service. Adam was saying that these are terms that are just commonly used in the business and most people in the market for a het know what a 100% is versus a 50%...and if they don't know....I guarantee you that Mr Wysocki would spend as much time as it takes on the phone with that buyer explaining it in 360.

I'm not going to type '50% possible heterozygous' every time I make a reference to that. If someone's confused, they'll ask us or go ask jeeves.....

I agree if you don't know what 50%het means then you probably shouldn't be buying them yet.Get on the forum's like I did and read up.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

The ball python world is great big place with lots of different people ... it's certainly bigger than you, definitely bigger than me, bigger than this site and everyone on it ... like I said before ... 50% het or 50% possible het ... in the end, it doesn't matter ... sooner or later, the snakes will sell … Jo and Mike will have a few bucks in their pocket and they’ll have had an awesome start on the venture into the world of ball python breeding! ;)

-adam

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Good words there Adam! Thanks! Mike and I are eagerly anticipating our first breeding season. Can't even express how exciting it is to think of producing our own baby Royals. I could seriously care less what they are....they'll be perfect in my eyes and I'll be disgustingly proud of em all LOL. The females of course go nowhere but the males....well if they make us enough for a nice dinner out or a zoo trip for the family....hey...bonus for us! :D

Of course the day we hatch out our first bright and beautiful yellow and white BP will be the best! :fest2:

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Originally Posted by RandyRemington

I try to remember to always include "possible" and/or "chance" because even if you believe that only the newbies would get confused there are always a lot of newbies around. Also, the newbies are the ones most likely to buy a possible het. It is a pretty fundamental difference between being half a het and having a 50% chance of being a het that could be cleared up by a little extra effort.

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Sounds like Mendel is right up your alley. ;)

You guys should get a forum! :D:D:D:D

-adam

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Originally Posted by RandyRemington

I try to remember to always include "possible" and/or "chance" because even if you believe that only the newbies would get confused there are always a lot of newbies around. Also, the newbies are the ones most likely to buy a possible het. It is a pretty fundamental difference between being half a het and having a 50% chance of being a het that could be cleared up by a little extra effort.

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Why would a newbie be the most likely to buy a possible het? They are a good way to get in cheap for anyone, newbie or not.

Also, like I said earlier, if you are a newbie, and want to buy a snake, research, research, research, and ask questions.

I'm sort of in the middle ground on some of this. While I strongly believe any buyer, especially a newcomer to this hobby, should do as much research and pre-planning as possible I've also had the good luck of being exposed early on to some very superior BP breeders. Folks like Adam have shown me that as much as it's my responsibility to know the basics and be a smart purchaser, they are always there to answer my newbie questions, calm my concerns and reach out with support long after the purchase is finalized (or heck even help with other snakes in our collection that they didn't have a financial stake in at all).

My hope as a breeder of BP's is to follow that good example. To sell lovely, healthy, well started BP's. To represent them truthfully and back up what we say 100% always. To sell to people that truly love these snakes, have a real passion for them and even as newcomers, have done a bit of their homework. Finally to offer them all the support that Mike and I received during our first very nervous forays into this new and strange world of P. regius. That to my mind is an all around win win situation and that's what we will be striving for.:)