Now I know a lot of breeders out there are really good and when they say one of their snakes is a Het it really is and if I buy a het from their stock of hatchlings I can be sure I am getting what I am paying for. Now you go down the road and breed this het to something that does not allow the het gene to come out I don't think it is fair to ride on the coat tails of that other breeder and make claims as to a % of possible het. Until I prove my Pastel Het Albino (which came from Graziani) actually has the albino gene by pairing him up with my albino girl during our second breeding cycle and making an albino baby, any off spring from him would be listed as normal or pastel which would be visible. If talking to someone I might mention the unproven possibility of an albino het, but I don't feel I can base my price on things I am not 100% certain of. If I would and the breeder before me made an honest mistake (Maybe it is het lavander albino and he missed the lavender part while typing the description) I would never get him to make an Albino his whole life and the people I sold his first off spring to with the understanding that they had bought het regular albino snakes would have been told wrong and it would be my reputation getting slammed by how many off spring I sold while the breeder I bought the supposed het off of would only have one person pointing at him! Then if he has a big enough name he could hook that back around on you and make it look like it was all your fault. Not that the big guys would do that since after a couple times of it happening people would start questioning things.
It all comes down to trust when you buy any Het combo. I'm a new guy on the block, so I can't really expect people to pay for my word that something is! I need to offer some kind of proof or be 110% certain of what I am saying! If your a little guy always using the word of the big guys to prop you up, you will never get to the point they are at. The only way to get there is stand on your own word, but if you do that you better make sure your word is right! This is the only ethical way to do business.
Now this doesn't mean I won't call the other breeders for advice on different aspects of the business from husbandry, breeding, housing, and equipment.
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