Re: ..2 Days, HOPEFULLY..
You won't necessarily get any het pied babies. Since neither parent is a visual piebald, theres only a 66% chance of the offspring carrying the pied gene as well, and that's only if the pastel is 100% het pied. If he's only 66% het pied himself, the percentage I believe drops to 50% chance of hets. Meaning half the clutch could possibly not carry the gene at all. So knowing the background on your breeder animals is important if you have a specific project your working on. If you are trying to make pieds but can't afford a visual, I say get another 100% het animal and breed the two hets. At least you would have a chance of producing a visual animal. And depends on which males sperm she retained but you'll either see normals or pastels, or a mixture of both!
Good luck with you project, can't wait to see the outcome!
Re: ..2 Days, HOPEFULLY..
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the pastel het pied was sold as 100%... thanks for the positive comment young lady..:gj:
Then, if I were you, I'd look into getting a 100% het female. If you don't want to wait another couple years for her to get to size, really look around everywhere online, or at reptile shows and I'm sure you will find someone selling a breeder size 100% het pied, even better if she's proven! Otherwise, you could technically hold back a couple female offspring and when the are ready breed the male back to them, but there's no guarantee they inherited the gene necessary to make pieds.
You'll figure it out, whichever route you take, I'm sure it will be worth it to you in the end!
Re: ..2 Days, HOPEFULLY..
^^^^^^^^
This.
It's an important thing to remember that not only haven't the bp's read those books there really is no way to predict when you get ovulation that exactly - you can guess from the size of the follicles if you are good at palpating or have an ultrasound but even then the best you can say is....soon.
The timeline firms up a lot after ovulation however. ;)