Okay im new to the snake world and i want a albino ball as i searched i've seen het albinos but they looked looked like a normal please in newbie terms what is a het albino

thank you

A het albino is a normal ball python that carries an albino gene. There is no way to tell if the albino gene is there except breeding it. You have to trust the word of the breeder. A het albino will produce albinos if bred to an albino or to another het for albino. Het albinos will look like normals.

Dan

het is short for heterogeneous . they carry 1 gene for a recessive trait . this trait could be pattern as in tri stripe or genetic stripe or color as in albino or lavender albino . when you breed a het to a normal you will not get the recessive trait as a visual homozygous animal . all babies will look normal although some hets have 'markers'.

2 hets , when bred together can make an animal with 2 genes called a homozygous which is sometimes referred to as a visual.

you get 100% hets when a visual is bred to a normal or other morph . one parent needs to be visual for the recessive gene in order to be sure that all babies carry that gene .

when you breed het to het you will most likely get some visuals and some hets...possibly some normals which do not carry the gene you are seeking.

Good info gents

Peace, J

has anyone tried the world of ball pythons genetic calculator for these confusing times?
its a good resource:wamma:

Thank you for expertice in this matter trying to do my home work before i buy my first ball python

Thank you for expertice in this matter trying to do my home work before i buy my first ball python

Know who your buying from.... :yes:

Good info all around, but isn't het short for heterozygous?

Good info all around, but isn't het short for heterozygous?

yes- het is the short form of heterozygous, just as homo is the shortterm form homozygous

Good info all around, but isn't het short for heterozygous?
Yes, it was answered in post #3 by tfs

het is short for heterogeneous . they carry 1 gene for a recessive trait . this trait could be pattern as in tri stripe or genetic stripe or color as in albino or lavender albino . when you breed a het to a normal you will not get the recessive trait as a visual homozygous animal . all babies will look normal although some hets have 'markers'.

2 hets , when bred together can make an animal with 2 genes called a homozygous which is sometimes referred to as a visual.

you get 100% hets when a visual is bred to a normal or other morph . one parent needs to be visual for the recessive gene in order to be sure that all babies carry that gene .

when you breed het to het you will most likely get some visuals and some hets...possibly some normals which do not carry the gene you are seeking.

Good info all around, but isn't het short for heterozygous?

oops yes you are right
I used the wrong word:yessir:

Yes, it was answered in post #3 by tfs

But Jenea, she said "heterogeneous", not heterozygus. :eek:

oops yes you are right
I used the wrong word:yessir:

Boo!!!!! :lmao:

see what happens when I do stuff all tired and all.....my bad....

I think the Het Red Axanthic though needs to be mentioned as an exception. It is actually a Co-dom trait that interestingly enough ended up getting named by Corey Woods as Het Red Axanthic with the super being Red Axanthic. I think his website explains how that came about.

I think the Het Red Axanthic though needs to be mentioned as an exception. It is actually a Co-dom trait that interestingly enough ended up getting named by Corey Woods as Het Red Axanthic with the super being Red Axanthic. I think his website explains how that came about.

You're right. Personally I always thought that was a little backwards, but hey I'm not the creator :dunno:

I think the Het Red Axanthic though needs to be mentioned as an exception. It is actually a Co-dom trait that interestingly enough ended up getting named by Corey Woods as Het Red Axanthic with the super being Red Axanthic. I think his website explains how that came about.

You're right. Personally I always thought that was a little backwards, but hey I'm not the creator :dunno:

But technically correct since it only posseses one copy of the gene (heterozygous) for a dominant trait.

Red Axanthic is an incomplete-dominant trait not a dominant trait :p

And the same applies for the het BluEL clade, the het BlkEL clade, the YB clade, the Black clade, GHI, Pastel, Enchi, Spotnose, Chocolate, Granite, Sable, Vanilla, Disco, Paint, Orange Dream, Red Stripe...

But technically correct since it only posseses one copy of the gene (heterozygous) for a dominant trait.

Red Axanthic is an incomplete-dominant trait not a dominant trait :p

And the same applies for the het BluEL clade, the het BlkEL clade, the YB clade, the Black clade, GHI, Pastel, Enchi, Spotnose, Chocolate, Granite, Sable, Vanilla, Disco, Paint, Orange Dream, Red Stripe...

Don't know if it's right or not, but I look at it like the square/rectangle. All squares are rectangles; not all rectangles are squares. That aren't separate categories but one is a subset of the other.

That's the way I look at it to keep it straight in my head. Co/incomplete dominant are still dominant, just a specific type of dominant.