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That seems weird. I'm not interested in albinos so I really don't know if het albino is desirable enough to really list it in adds for more money, but I guess what's more likely is just that it was a possible het (less than 66) since I don't really see people even list or suggest that except for at shows. Hell, last show I went to I asked about het pieds and the guy showed me a "possible het pied that was locked up with a pied male a week or two before and might be gravid". That's a whole lot of maybes to justify taking the chance. I was almost tempted to (only 75 bucks) thinking that even if she wasn't het I could still get all het pieds, but that's assuming that they did lock up, that she ovulates, and the eggs are even viable. It's too bad I wasn't looking for a lottery ticket that day.

The chances of this happening seem so low, not only is it probably a low possible het, but you just so happened to pair it with a visual. It's crazy to think of all the recessive genetics that might be hidden in our snakes. That has to be an awesome feeling though, thinking you're going to be getting all hets and then bam, a visual for one and het for the other.

Although, not to be a negative nancy, was the mom the albino or the axanthic? If the mom was albino then I'd be a little afraid of a partho clutch. You'll take the visual hatchling, raise it up 1-3 years, breed it and miss the albino axanthic, breed it again and miss again, then the third year of breeding you'll miss again and start to think something is off.

Edit: Just reread your post above and saw that the albino was the mom. Is it possible it's a partho clutch? I'm not super familiar with partho clutches but I guess if you got anything besides albino that it's not a partho clutch. Regardless, healthy babies are always a great thing and you sure got an awesome surprise!