Het tests?

[sk8er4life]

I was just wonderin is there any type of tests(ex blood tests)that can be done to see if ur animal is truly het for something w/out having to all the breeding to find out

[BallPythonBabe448]

I'm not sure. At the petshop that I am soon to be working at, they have a cage that reads:
Male
Leopard Gecko
Het

But it doesn't state what "Het" it is?! And, most people don't know what het means, like I went to a reptile show and it said "het for albino" on a cage, and some one asked me what het was.

Anyways, I'm not sure. That sounds like a good question!

[Shrap]

Nope,

The only way to tell is to breed them out. Or make dang sure you get them from a 100% reliable breeder.

[Brandon.O]

That would be so awesome if something like that existed......who knows.....maybe one day ??

[Marla]

I actually was involved in a discussion about this, and there had been talk of working out genetic testing for some of the more expensive morphs, but the consensus was that it was too expensive a project to undertake currently because of the time and equipment necessary to do the genetic mapping. It may be that in 10 or 20 years, it will be available when the technology has progressed a bit further.