By the way.. a little hint, sort of. The marker is FAR more obvious in babies. Once they hit 3' or more, it is much less reliable. I have gotten all the babies that I have been able to observe and prove out as hets. So 100% so far on identifying babies. That is no fewer than 12 individuals. My record with larger, that is 6' or longer animals, is 9 correct and 2 unconfirmed yet or likely wrong. Those are pretty good odds. One of the non-het animals I had hoped was a het, just had a huge litter born about two weeks ago. She was one of the two I had gotten incorrect. I was only able to check her after I had raised her up to about 5'. Now at just about 10' she was enormous and she was bred by a Sunglow male. The litter consisted of no Sunglows or Albinos. Tell me I wasn't depressed. Very disappointed indeed.

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• How to pick out the het for Albinos... - boaphile, Wed Jul 12 09:01:45 2006
• RE: How to pick out the het for Albinos. - maizeysdad, Wed Jul 12 09:57:33 2006
• LOL!!!!! n/p - AbsoluteApril, Wed Jul 12 13:03:34 2006
• RE: How to pick out the het for Albinos... - vcaruso15, Wed Jul 12 10:00:25 2006
• RE: How to pick out the het for Albinos... - bthacker, Wed Jul 12 10:11:26 2006
• I have noticed... - sun_king, Wed Jul 12 10:49:46 2006
• RE: How to pick out the het for Albinos... - senorsnake, Wed Jul 12 11:24:23 2006
• Ill give you guys a Hint Since I know... - Locolizard, Wed Jul 12 13:27:31 2006
• RE: How to pick out the het for Albinos... - AbsoluteApril, Wed Jul 12 12:59:42 2006
• What about the eyes? - Locolizard, Wed Jul 12 13:28:50 2006
• Silver..almost chrome-like background - dmac, Wed Jul 12 15:37:16 2006
• A little hint, sort of... - boaphile, Wed Jul 12 13:48:02 2006
• ARGGGHHH!!! - BCIexotics, Wed Jul 12 14:47:06 2006
• RE: ARGGGHHH!!! - Death_ADDER, Wed Jul 12 15:00:46 2006
• RE: ARGGGHHH!!! - boaphile, Wed Jul 12 15:08:13 2006
• The belly is....... - lexxxx300, Wed Jul 12 15:02:38 2006
• You just turned this forum into.... - Fourquet, Wed Jul 12 15:26:21 2006
• Is there a "marker" for Ball Python hets - boaphile, Wed Jul 12 15:35:18 2006
• There is a het. marker in... - wetceal, Wed Jul 12 21:22:14 2006
• I have heard tongue color - vcane, Wed Jul 12 15:46:07 2006
• Jeff, thanks a lot... - chriskimble, Wed Jul 12 17:23:00 2006
• RE: Jeff, thanks a lot... - Mishkam, Wed Jul 12 18:28:27 2006
• I was thinking it was.... - PanamaRed, Wed Jul 12 18:36:10 2006
• Here are the pics I posted back in 04 - PanamaRed, Wed Jul 12 18:43:26 2006
• RE: Here are the pics I posted back in 04 - senorsnake, Wed Jul 12 18:51:10 2006
• I can see the mark in your first pic.... - locolizard, Wed Jul 12 19:59:13 2006
• RE: I can see the mark in your first pic.... - PastelDream, Wed Jul 12 20:25:31 2006
• RE: I can see the mark in your first pic.... - PanamaRed, Wed Jul 12 23:20:59 2006
• Top eye color repeated at lower edge - maizeysdad, Wed Jul 12 22:37:36 2006
• RE: Top eye color repeated at lower edge - Death_ADDER, Wed Jul 12 22:42:31 2006
• RE: Top eye color repeated at lower edge - maizeysdad, Wed Jul 12 22:44:05 2006
• RE: Top eye color repeated at lower edge - Death_ADDER, Wed Jul 12 22:47:28 2006
• 100% het albino picture..... - STUART, Wed Jul 12 23:08:03 2006
• Maybeline!SP! Eyes! - Sloas, Wed Jul 12 23:10:08 2006
• Black dot under the eye's?? more.. - boafanatic, Thu Jul 13 05:42:42 2006
• RE: Maybeline!SP! Eyes! - PastelDream, Thu Jul 13 07:20:22 2006
• Hurry Up Jeff!!! - maizeysdad, Thu Jul 13 07:29:01 2006
• RE: Maybeline!SP! Eyes! - Sloas, Thu Jul 13 18:17:17 2006
• Guesses are not a reliable substitute... - Rainshadow, Thu Jul 13 08:37:31 2006
• Can you see 'the mark' in these pics? - INSANECANESLLC, Thu Jul 13 08:25:37 2006
• RE: What I look for might be different.. - PastelDream, Thu Jul 13 09:12:25 2006