Only if the normal is a carrier of the gene for leucistic, a het.

I am not too sure of where this gene is carried but if it is a simple recessive trait then you should get about half the babies to be leucistic and half to be heterozygous for leucistic, BUT ONLY if the normal looking parent is heterozygous for leucistic.

If the normal parent is not a carrier of the gene you will not get any leucistic offspring, but all should be carriers of the gene. You would then have to breed one of the offspring back to the leucistic parent to get leucistic offspring.

L L
l Ll Ll
l Ll Ll

Below is how it would work if these genetics are straight forward. LL is homozygous Leucistic and Ll is a heterozygous snake carrying the gene for Leucisism.

L L
L LL LL
l Ll Ll

Again, I am not a genetic expert on Leucistic Texas ratsnakes, but if it is not linked to other genes to be turned on this is the basics. Someone else may have much more information on this.

Good luck!
Chris

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