Can't pass up this DEAL!

[Boo_Balls]

Holy CRAP! My boyfriend just did some shopping around on the internet and just got a deal I don't think anyone can pass up! atleast people who are just starting out on their collection.

Here's What We're Getting.
1 male Normal-3-4yrs old
1 male Blonde Pastel 3-4 yrs.
1 female Normal 1 1/2 yrs ready to breed next yr.
1 male 100% het Piebald 1 1/2 yrs.
with fresh bedding water dishes, and plastic containers...

All that for a Garmin Nuvi 265w GPS system.

oh btw. I did some reading about breeding the pied, and read two totally different things! help!!!!

If I breed the 100% het pied to a normal female, whats the outcome?
I'm leaning more to some of the babys will be 50% het pied, if I breed it back to the 100% het for pied will I get a pied or just another 100%? or how does it work?

[BAD Morphs]

Yes all babies will then be 50% hets. Raise up one of the babies and breed it back to the 100% het and you could possibly get a pied.

[Emohooker]

Where did he get that deal? im trying to start my collection as well

[cinderbird]

If I breed the 100% het pied to a normal female, whats the outcome?
I'm leaning more to some of the babys will be 50% het pied, if I breed it back to the 100% het for pied will I get a pied or just another 100%? or how does it work?

100% pied to a normal =
every egg has a 50% chance of carrying the pied gene, aka all the babies are possible (50%) het pied.

Keep all the female babies and raise them up then breed them back to dad. You have a 1/4th chance of getting a pied, assuming that the female you breed him too actually is het for pied.

The possible offpring from Het pied to Het Pied=
Pieds
66% het pieds (each parent has a chance of contributing a copy of the pied gene)
normals (babies where the parents did not contribute a pied gene)

the hets and normals look the same, so you have to breed them to figure out which ones are which.

[Boo_Balls]

I have no clue! He just sits on the computer and browses. He does everything from kingsnakes-google-ing-reading the paper! lol.

Thank you for clearing that up for us!

[Boo_Balls]

So....

If I breed a 100%het pied to a normal female
all the babies are going to look normal and be 50% for pied and then breed them back to daddy and then i should get a pied out of one of those possibably?

Sorry my boyfriend wants me to clearify that thats what your talkin about even thou i got the general idea, uhg.

[2kdime]

Just be careful....

The deals that are just TOO GOOD to be true....

Usually are.

[Boo_Balls]

Just be careful....

The deals that are just TOO GOOD to be true....

Usually are.

Yea, They have papers and we've seen them, thats the main reason we're def going threw with it,

[Jay_Bunny]

Make sure you get pictures and a guarantee of the genetics. My friend who likes reptiles and works at a pet store (she keeps lizards) called me and said "OMG, we have a pastel at the store for sale! I didn't think we'd get a pastel in but a guy who breeds ball pythons came in and said it was a pastel!" So of course the next time I went in she showed me the "pastel". It was definitely a normal. No mistake about it. And the female, I would definitely sex it before you bring it home. Not everyone out there selling snakes wants to rip you off but there are quite a few of them. For all you know the female could be a male, the pastel is just a really light normal and the het pied is just a normal. Then you have four males....I would just be sure of what you are getting before you make a deal with this person.

Just saw your post. As long as you've seen them and know what you are getting, that is a great deal.

[Boo_Balls]

Thank you for you good/funny story, Ill be sure to watch out for that!

That would be kinda chitty if someone did that but hey people can be grimmy.

Thank you again for the heads up!