Het Pied

[countryrocker212]

I was just wondering if you breed a pair of het pieds is it pretty much a crapshoot whether or not your pieds if you even hatch any will be hi-white or lo-white? Or does it make a difference if the het pieds parents were hi or low white?
Thanks

[Meltdown Morphs]

Its a random shot either way, on the amount of white, no matter what the parents if they were both hets or both pieds, the amount of white the offspring could have is not predictable.

[ColinWeaver]

Breeding het pied x het pied will statistically yield a ratio of:
1 piebald
1 normal
2 het pied

More plainly, you have a 25% chance of producing a pied when breeding two hets together. There is a 66% chance that the normal appearing offspring are het for pied. While het piebald snakes often have a visual marker it is not a 100% guarantee of genetics.

The amount of white in the parents has no effect on the amount of white in the offspring. Low white parents can produce high white offspring (and vice-versa). You will also have a wide amount of variation in the same clutch.

High white pieds carry a higher price tag (for obvious reasons). Low white pied are often more competitively priced. If you want pied purely for breeding you can save yourself some money by buying a low-white pied. If you want an exceptionally beautiful animal, go high white.

Cheers,

[TankMasterOG]

Ya what he sead...

[countryrocker212]

Ok so you're saying that a low white pied x het pied can stil have the chance of producing high white offspring

[ColinWeaver]

Ok so you're saying that a low white pied x het pied can stil have the chance of producing high white offspring

Absolutely.