List of checkered morphs?

[Rushthezeppelin]

Would it even be worth the bother to breed a normal to any of the morphs? Is there a chance she might be het for something already that is recessive and not expressed in her but could come out in her kids? Or are the chances really high that she is absolutely normal in which case I would be guaranteed all normals (but chance of being slightly het for w/e I bred her with). Would it be good regardless to get some wild genes into the pet trades genepool even if she isn't het for anything?

[Tommytradix]

Would it even be worth the bother to breed a normal to any of the morphs? Is there a chance she might be het for something already that is recessive and not expressed in her but could come out in her kids? Or are the chances really high that she is absolutely normal in which case I would be guaranteed all normals (but chance of being slightly het for w/e I bred her with). Would it be good regardless to get some wild genes into the pet trades genepool even if she isn't het for anything?

always good to intraduce new genes. that being said any morph you breed her with the offspring will be 100% het for that morph. you would then breed the offspring to eachother to produce the morph

[Albert Clark]

Would it even be worth the bother to breed a normal to any of the morphs? Is there a chance she might be het for something already that is recessive and not expressed in her but could come out in her kids? Or are the chances really high that she is absolutely normal in which case I would be guaranteed all normals (but chance of being slightly het for w/e I bred her with). Would it be good regardless to get some wild genes into the pet trades genepool even if she isn't het for anything?

Its always a good thing to breed your normal to something that is a morph bc you can produce hets. And then breed back the hets to other hets of the same gene or a actual visual morph of w/e she was bred to for a chance at a higher end animal. The normal is the foundation and its a natural instinct for these animals to breed. We are responsible to determine the health of these animals to breed bc it is a very stressful process. Wild genes should be left in the wild, that is my personal opinion. Born free, live free. There is plenty of cbb genes in the hobby to go around we just have to seek it out. Bc it may not just be in the backyard. And yes, the definitive way to find out her staus genetically is to breed her.