Piebald question

[loonunit]

But she wants to start with the pinstripe she already has, right?

So yes, if you pair your pinstripe to a pied, and if you get lucky and hatch a pinstripe het pied male, then you can breed him back the next season. So that's two extra years of waiting, but maybe you'll get a pinstripe pied out of it. And pinstripe is one of the few pattern genes that really plays well with pied.

^ Of course, I didn't get lucky with my pastel x pied pairing last year, and both of the pastel 100% hets I hatched were GIRLS. The vet was so perplexed when he sexed them as female and I was DISAPPOINTED.

[CD CONSTRICTORS]

But she wants to start with the pinstripe she already has, right?

So yes, if you pair your pinstripe to a pied, and if you get lucky and hatch a pinstripe het pied male, then you can breed him back the next season. So that's two extra years of waiting, but maybe you'll get a pinstripe pied out of it. And pinstripe is one of the few pattern genes that really plays well with pied.

^ Of course, I didn't get lucky with my pastel x pied pairing last year, and both of the pastel 100% hets I hatched were GIRLS. The vet was so perplexed when he sexed them as female and I was DISAPPOINTED.

Your example is exactly why I purposed to maximize the odds and start with a known 1.0 Pin 100% Het Pied. You may not hit the odds on the Pastel 100% Het Pied this fall either? You could have bought a 1.0 Pastel 100% Het Pied last year for $200- $250 and been a year or more ahead. You only have to roll the dice once starting with the Het male that will get you there. More cash upfront, but a better chance of a quicker return on the investment.

[Marrissa]

True. I will add these to my notes. Thank you! Now I need to find out what project I can do with my pinstripe since I feel it'd be wasteful not to use him down the line. I tend to like light colored snakes.

[loonunit]

Your example is exactly why I purposed to maximize the odds and start with a known 1.0 Pin 100% Het Pied. You may not hit the odds on the Pastel 100% Het Pied this fall either? You could have bought a 1.0 Pastel 100% Het Pied last year for $200- $250 and been a year or more ahead. You only have to roll the dice once starting with the Het male that will get you there. More cash upfront, but a better chance of a quicker return on the investment.

He's a fabulous pied, she's a fabulous pastel, and they make fabulous pastel het pieds. Pastel pied is a pretty low-level project for me. But I'm going for it at all, I want THOSE genes.