A math problem...

[samh0114]

After cutting on day 52, did you mist the eggs until they pipped? Or did you just leave them?

[RoseyReps]

Very curious as to what you thought it said.

Replace the a, with an e in "Math". Which is why I was like O_O Annnyways, congrats on crushing the odds there!

[swansonbb]

That is pretty insane...absolute grand slam all the way! If they start to feel like too much of a handful, though...I'm happy to help relieve the burden

I'm so lucky to be surrounded by such helpful people.

[swansonbb]

After cutting on day 52, did you mist the eggs until they pipped? Or did you just leave them?

Left them in the tub in the incubator. Tub was covered with press & seal - no need to mist, humidity was very high.

[DooLittle]

Yay, congrats! I love baby snakes, but hate math, lol...

[adamsky27]

Those odds are amazing. You have any other het to het pairings?

[swansonbb]

Those odds are amazing. You have any other het to het pairings?

Sadly, not this year. I have a pair of het pieds I'm growing, but they're probably 2 seasons away.

[BHReptiles]

VERY NICE ODDS! I wish I could get that lucky!

For those not understanding the math, here goes:

0.25 x 0.25 x 0.25 x 0.25 x 0.75 = 0.0029296875 x 100 (to change to a percent) = 0.293%!

I've got a math minor and happen to love not only math, but genetics as well!

[Peoples]

Only the event changes, the probability doesn't change it's still 25%

[BHReptiles]

Only the event changes, the probability doesn't change it's still 25%

The probability of getting a favorable event is 25%. The probably of not getting a favorable event (aka getting an unfavorable event) is 75%.

Think of it in terms of genetics. Here we're looking at albinos. if you look at the genetics calculator, you get something that looks like this:

• 25% Normals
• 50% het albino
• 25% albino

In this example, the probability of getting a favorable event (a visual albino) is 25%. The probably of getting an unfavorable event (everything that is not a visual albino) is 75% because you have a 25% chance of getting a normal and 50% chance of getting het albinos.

The female laid 5 eggs and the OP wanted to know what's the probability that 4 eggs have an albino in it. So, we know that the probability of getting an albino is 25%. So, we have to multiply those odds x 4 eggs. So you get 25% x 25% x 25% x 25%. Now, the 5th egg is an UNfavorable event meaning that it is not albino. So since we said there's a 75% chance of not getting an albino, then you multiply that with the 25%s. So that leaves you with: 25% x 25% x 25% x 25% x 75% = 0.293%.

basically, the odds of getting 4 albinos in a 5 egg clutch from 2 het albinos is slim to none! Clearly the OP did something to make the odd gods very, very happy!