First breedings of 2013

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Richard, i think the reason why all the breeders who purchased the babies from this high white female pied are confident that they will produce pieds is because of how high white the female was and they feel something that dramtic should be recessive since it has already been proven in other snakes. The reason scott is expecting some this year is because he is one of a few that had both males and females survive to adults so if it is recessive and he is breeding both 100% het male and 100% het females to each other he should produce some pieds this year and prove the pieds out. At least this is what he is hoping for and i can't wait to see some of the babies.

[ConcinusMan]

Richard, i think the reason why all the breeders who purchased the babies from this high white female pied are confident that they will produce pieds is because of how high white the female was and they feel something that dramtic should be recessive since it has already been proven in other snakes. The reason scott is expecting some this year is because he is one of a few that had both males and females survive to adults so if it is recessive and he is breeding both 100% het male and 100% het females to each other he should produce some pieds this year and prove the pieds out. At least this is what he is hoping for and i can't wait to see some of the babies.

OK. Finally something that makes sense. One thing that's problematic though...

Even if it is truly a recessive inheritable trait, there's still a chance that hets won't produce any pieds. I admit, it's not a very good chance, particularly if the litter is large. The more babies there are, the better chances that at least one of them will be pied but it's definitely possible for the babies to inherit the normal gene from both parents, or the abnormal gene from only one of them, making them look totally normal. Only if this breeding produces at least one pied, will we then really know if it's inheritable.

I guess we'll know soon enough whether or not this pair was just the most expensive normals on the planet. As of right now, it's still totally unproven.