Some genetic questions

[blbsnakes]

Let me start by saying, I in NO WAY mean to upset anyone or degrade anyone or their snake. You can't always show expression over forums, so pleas know, I am purely asking questions because I want to learn more, nothing else.

So, my questions revolve mainly around HETS. I understand this is a "non-visible" gene that the snake carries. I have only been into the snake scene a few months, and it's all revolved a lot around BP's. There is a lot to take in. I'm sure for those of you who have been doing it for years, you get tired of people like me. Sorry.

I guess my main question is, why would a HET or possible het cost more than a normal morph? A het pied for example, is there any chance of that animal producing a pied? I thought only visible pied x visible pied produced pied? If this is the case, why pay more for a snake that is possible het pied or het pied? Maybe pied is a bad example... like I said, i'm still learning. I've been playing around with the breeding generator tool on the world of ball pythons site and it's helped me a good bit, but the hets and their higher costs, from what I have seen, have me confused.

I guess in short, what is the relevance of a het animal? Does or can it actually produce another animal with it's het gene?

Visual x visual will give you 100% visual offspring
Visual x het will give you 50% visual offspring on average
Het x het will give you 25% visual offspring on average.

So yes a het will produce a visual. That is why they are worth more.