I’m crazy, but could she be a secret pied?

This is my little het pied girl, parents are a pastel yellowbelly het pied and a super black pastel pinstripe het pied.

Two of her siblings are pied and she’s got this gorgeous, high yellow, almost peach/pink color on her sides, but along side her belly scales she has about 6 white normal scales. I know it’s highly unlikely, but there’s a part of me that hopes she’s the lowest white pied possible because it’s going to be years before I can prove out her het.

She was sold as a black pastel yellow belly, pos pastel. What do y’all think on the pos pastel and my secret pied theory.


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Nice photos! Looks great!

If she was homozygous pied I would expect the patterning to be significantly different.

Not what I would expect for a Black Pastel Yellowbelly (even het pied) either. :)

She's a beauty!!

IMO those are het pied ringers on her tail. Enjoy her regardless of genes!

Really beautiful snake.

Your animal is a Pastel Yellowbelly het Pied. Those marks on her are what are known as "ringers" and they are not uncommon in het Pied animals (however, their presence is not proof of an animal being het Pied)

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Originally Posted by XpensiveWino

She's a beauty!!

IMO those are het pied ringers on her tail. Enjoy her regardless of genes!

Really beautiful snake.

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Thanks! I got her at a show last year and she was so pretty I couldn’t have taken anyone else home. I wanted to get a snake that was gorgeous and special in her own right especially since I may never breed her.

I didn’t know that the ringers could be a presentation of the het, I thought it was just.a cool part of her pattern that made her extra pretty. Very interesting. The het pied was important to me though since I’d I do breed her I like the idea of pied babies. My brother has a leopard het pied make and I figured they could make some pretty cool snakes if I do decide to breed her when she grows up.


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A leopard with your girl, whether they hit pied or not (they would for 50%??), would be beautiful. You've got a nice animal, and a cool project if you have access to another het pied.

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Your animal is a Pastel Yellowbelly het Pied. Those marks on her are what are known as "ringers" and they are not uncommon in het Pied animals (however, their presence is not proof of an animal being het Pied)

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I also think pastel yellow belly het pied

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