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Question about hets....
I bought my ball python from a guy who I didn't know at the time, but now we are pretty good friends. Today while having coffee and talking about snakes and breeding, etc... he confessed to me that Sebastian has about a 95% chance of being a piebald het. I was shocked! He said he wasn't going to tell me that when I bought him because he didn't think I'd know what it was, or care, and that he didn't know me like that, etc.
So now my question is.. is there any way to tell that he is a het? Because another one of my friends said they have certin markings or something like that? Is that right? 
That would be awesome if he is a piebald het!
Last edited by lillyorchid; 09-08-2006 at 01:11 PM.
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Re: Question about hets....
No, there is no way to tell if he's a het unless you were to breed him to a female that was either 100% het pied or homozygous pied and produced pieds.
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Re: Question about hets....
I believe the only way to really tell would be to breed him and see what happens. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Re: Question about hets....
Is it possible to have a 95% het? I havn't heard of that....I know of 100%, 66%, 50%....at least those are the ones i see most commonly.
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Re: Question about hets....
 Originally Posted by nathanledet
Is it possible to have a 95% het?
No, it is not.
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Re: Question about hets....
 Originally Posted by nathanledet
Is it possible to have a 95% het? I havn't heard of that....I know of 100%, 66%, 50%....at least those are the ones i see most commonly.
She said that he said that he was 95% sure it was a het, not that it was a 95% het.
I say find someone with a het female and make a deal to breed them together. By doing that you won't need to spend the money on a het female. Either that or buy a het female and breed them.
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Re: Question about hets....
I guess there is really only one way to find out like you guys said above.
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Re: Question about hets....
Thanks Brian. I know he has female hets, and I know his boss has some too. So I could always buy a female het or ask him to pair him up to some one when the time comes.
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Re: Question about hets....
The best way to make sure you have a Het of any % is to buy from a breeder that knows what they are doing. A breeder that is unsure if the animal he sold you is het means that he really is more than likely guessing. Grow him up and breed him to a het or Homo and see what you get
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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Re: Question about hets....
Yup this guy is a breeder who also works for Peter Kahl, so I'd like to think he knows what he is doing & talking about!
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