gimpsnakelvr
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i'm thinking about buying my first morph ball python. i just get confused between what het means. i found a 100% Het Caramel Albino Ball Python. does this mean the color and pattern he has now will change to albino or carmel?
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enlighten me please
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gimpsnakelvr
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RobbiesCornField
Bring it on.
Het is short for "heterozygous" which means that the trait is carried, but not shown. Think back to biology class with the Punnet squares. LOL.
A snake that's AA (or normal) is crossed with a cc (caramel albino, in this case). That would be AA x cc
Because the normal gene is dominant, it's going to wind up being the one to show in the babies, giving you 100% Ac (or normals het caramel albino).
The crossing of two hets (or Ac x Ac) is going to give you 25% normals, 50% hets, and 25% caramel albinos (if I did my math correctly).
Does that make sense?
A snake that's AA (or normal) is crossed with a cc (caramel albino, in this case). That would be AA x cc
Because the normal gene is dominant, it's going to wind up being the one to show in the babies, giving you 100% Ac (or normals het caramel albino).
The crossing of two hets (or Ac x Ac) is going to give you 25% normals, 50% hets, and 25% caramel albinos (if I did my math correctly).
Does that make sense?
gimpsnakelvr
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i'm looking at a bp hatched 6/25/08, he is 189 grams right now. would that be a good weight?
snakewispera snr
The Devils Advocate
Thats a good weight for a BP..... Don't worry about growing them on fast...It never helps in the long run....
gimpsnakelvr
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thank you. he is a male and i know they usually are smaller then females so on avg what would a full grown male be around in grams?
RobbiesCornField
Bring it on.
Not really sure on that one... I don't have a scale, but I THINK my male is right around 800-900-ish... Somewhere in that range... my female is 1200+