Het pied Markers

[rynwilliams]

Can anyone help me i am looking at getting a pair of het pied balls and i was told that it is possible to tell if they are het with markers, does anyone know what these markers are?

Thanks

[ddbjdealer]

Try this:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...t+pied+markers

and then try using the search function... works really well.

[Freakie_frog]

you see how the black lines the belly scales thats what people call the het pied marker. I don't know I have seen normals with it and this is my het pied and he has it. So I'd say buy from a well know breeder and get what you pay for.



That pic is one I swiped from Daniel when I got him. Hope he doesn't mind me using it.

[elevatethis]

Just goes to show that so called markers don't mean squat. I've seen normals with a more exaggerated belly pattern than that in that picture above.

I have seen a few 100% hets that do just look "different" which is difficult to put into words. Maybe its all psychological?

[MPenn]

The "pied marker" traits are not consistent. I have seen 100% het pieds without it and normals with it.

I would say to buy from a reputable breeder and you will know they are hets.

[Adam_Wysocki]

The "pied marker" traits are not consistent. I have seen 100% het pieds without it and normals with it.

I would say to buy from a reputable breeder and you will know they are hets.

Bravo!

-adam

[Smulkin]

I have seen 100% het pieds without it and normals with it.

I would say to buy from a reputable breeder and you will know they are hets.

Yep - I have a normal from our first clutch who has a pretty belly like that:

[Freakie_frog]

See that normal has a more pronounced black line than my het and its just a normal

[Jeanne]

Het Markers seem to be nothing but a myth.... it has yet to be proven to be consistant...

With that being said, I have a female who is just a normal, who has a pretty belly like Matt's (Smulkin) baby bp.

[ECLARK]

Het. pied markers mean absolutly nothing, that terminology was used mostly to sell possible het. hatchlings.


Buy hets. only from someone you can trust!