project pied

[aarondain]

so could i in theory buy a male and female het pied and have a clutch of piebalds? is it that easy?? would be cheaper than buying one outright maybe, and i suppose this message should be in the breeding forum, oh well

[Adam_Wysocki]

so could i in theory buy a male and female het pied and have a clutch of piebalds? is it that easy?? would be cheaper than buying one outright maybe

If you breed a 100% het pied to a 100% het pied, in theory, each egg has a 1 in 4 chance of being a pied.

I don't know if I would call breeding ball pythons "easy", but it's certainly not complicated.

If you are patient (waiting 3 - 4 years for the female het pied to be mature enough to breed) and if nothing goes wrong (you can get the male and female to copulate, you can get the female to ovulate, you get fertile eggs, and you are able to incubate them successfully for 55 - 60 days without causing them to go bad) het pairs certainly can be a much cheaper route than buying a homozygous animal outright.

-adam

[aarondain]

thanks adam, you answered my question perfectly!

[Smynx]

i suppose this message should be in the breeding forum, oh well

So moved.