the guy i bought him from had him as a pet only and was ghetto broke. i remember being a little scared when i went to the guys house. all i remember and wrote down was he said when he got the snake he was told it was het. at the time i didn't know what that meant. i agree if it had been het it should have sold for a lot more. IMHO i think the guy just wanted to lose the snake. it was in his living room and there wasn't much furniture. and i got the add in the free sales paper. so he either didn't know what he had or he was lied to. he just passed the info to me.