Quote Originally Posted by granny farbuckle View Post
To my way of thinking a possible het is obtained by breeding a normal to a het, thereby producing poss hets. If the father is not a het for the particular morph then it is NOT possible to be het. ( just restating that which I realise you know anyway ) The only way that I would be happy to buy a possible het in these multi-male circumstances would be if the baby snake were priced as a normal and the circumstances were explained.

If two of the males fertilised some of the eggs, and someone bought a baby as a poss het without understanding the background, then they could waste several years breeding their poss het for no purpose. At least if it were from a het father they would truly have a chance of it being het.


An individual can spend several years breeding a 'possible het' from the way you explained, possible het X Normal, and not result in anything. I see what you are trying to say....and I would agree if you are labeling them as definite hets....but when you tag them with 'possible' a buyer may ask you whether they are 50% or 66.66% possible hets, this is where you explain the background of the animals.

If you hatch an albino in a clutch from multiple sires...even if one is codom...there is a POSSIBILITY that those normal carry the amelanistic trait too.

....by dropping the 'possible' as you are saying....you are saying there is NO chance that those could be het...even if you hatch an albino? Am I correct?