Just playing with my new camera.

https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...alls%20004.jpg

My very Gravid BP

Hockeymom

very nice looking snake!!! how old is he/she??

She is probably about 3 or 4 years old. I am not exactly sure. A guy who I knew from my local pet store gave her to me when he left for the Marines two years ago. He didn't have a whole lot of info for me, He kinda droped off his BP collection of 7 snakes and I haven't heard from him since.

Hockeymom

wouldn't happen to be albino eggs in that monster would it?

Actually-....
They are 50% het Piebald eggs. I breed her to my 100% he t pied male.I have another female about the same size that was also bred to my Het pied male. But I also have a gravid 100% het albino female bred to Tango, and 2- 50% het females bred to Tango.
Cross your fingers.
Hockeymom

Good luck with those eggs! Are you planning on linebreeding them when they're old enough or will you be selling them off?

Thanks
I will be keeping some females and a male pied (if I get lucky) and sell the remaining babies.
Hockeymom

If I understood you right, you won't get any pieds out of this generation. If both the females were normal, you'll get possible hets that you'll need to breed back to their father to prove out. If either of the females is het for pied, then you have a chance of hatching some. With the albino...if the female is het and the male is albino (as we've already seen!)...then you've got a chance to hatch some albino babies. Good luck!!!

wow genetics - I get lost easy but a great place to help is www.newenglandreptile.com they have a genetics guide type thing - oh yeah and cool pics! I dig the pattern!

Well I think I finally have a handle on the genetics thing.

My 100% het pied x 100% pied gives me 25%pied, 50%poss. het and 25%normal.

Normal x het pied will give me 50% het pied and 50% normal.

Albino x 100% het albino will give me 50% albino and 50% het albino.

Albino x normal will give me 100% het albinos.

Now thats if the numbers play true, on the basis of 4 eggs. I have talked to people who have got no pieds from a het to het breeding and I have also talked to another person who got 5 pieds out of 5 eggs from a het to het breeding. It's all a numbers game. I hope the numbers are in my favor. Cross your fingers. I would love to get 2 pied males. I would keep one and sell one to try and pay off my reptile credit cards. My husband is freaking out. He's not addicted yet.
Hockeymom

Aahhhh...see, I didn't realize you were working with a pair of het pieds. Now THAT is awesome! I almost get squirmy myself, just waiting to see what comes out of those eggs!!!

I am almost having a nervous break down waiting on just the eggs to be laid. I don't know how I will make it waiting for the little guys to hatch. So much depends on this.
Hockeymom

Wow, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for ya! Let us know how it turns out!

Good luck! My cousin may be getting an albino bp, and if so we'll be doing some definite breeding next season and playing the waiting game like you are. :)

Thanks guys I will keep you updated.
Hockeymom