? about piebalds

[ejseoane]

does the belly of a piebald have to be 100% clear and white or is it possible to have so color or a spot here or there? thanks in advance

[JLC]

does the belly of a piebald have to be 100% clear and white or is it possible to have so color or a spot here or there? thanks in advance

I don't recall ever having seen a pied that didn't have a pure white belly. That's not to say that such a thing couldn't exist, but I haven't seen one. The pied morph is SO easily recognized, that a spot of color on the belly wouldn't rule one out, for sure.

Now...if you're looking at a "low white pied" from a questionable source, and it has color on the belly....the chances of it actually being a pied are pretty slim (and that's being generous). If you can post pictures here, we can tell you right away if it is pied or not. Even the lowest-white pieds are very obviously pieds.

[4theSNAKElady]

yeah....like what Judy said

[ejseoane]

its pied it just has one black spot the size of water drop on the bottom side, dont have a pic of the actual spot , just wanted to know if it was a standard that particular morphs were supposed to have completely clear belly's ?

[interloc]

Some morphs for example spotnose have dirty bellies. Morphs don't always have to have clear bellys. Most do and when looking for dinkers, a clean belly is desirable. But it's not a 100% thing.

[tikigator]

i don't think i would worry about a random spot....pieds are kind of like dalmations....they are allowed to have random spots i would honestly have to go downstairs and check my pieds bellies to see if they had any, quite honestly i have no idea. i know they have white bellies, but perfectly 100% white?....couldn't say i've never really inspected. but that's no doubt a pied, and a nice one!