One thing you have to understand is that the red phase in hognose is a line trait and not a Mendelian trait such as recessive genes (ie albino's, axanthics, pink pastels, hypo/T+). This means that if you take a red phase albino and breed it to a normal phenotype hog, while they may be het for albino, they won't be het for that red color. They might exhibit it, they might carry some genes for it, but you will more than likely have to inbreed your line a few generations to bring out that red coloration as there are no guarantees with line traits.



I only mention this because there are some sellers that either by accident or intentionally list some of their hogs as het red albino or something along those lines. It's either red or it isn't regardless of it being het for albino. Again, it might carry genes for that red trait and breeding it to a red phenotype might produce red offspring but don't expect to breed 2 "het red albino"'s and get any reds out of it. It's possible, but not probable.



In regards to your concern over advertised reds not looking all that red, or the expectation about color changes, remember that not every picture is all that representative of what the animal looks like in person as most people aren't professional photographers and/or they use basic commercial cameras which don't always bring out the colors correctly. It's also possible that said animals will undergo several different coloration changes. I always like to refer people to my thread about the coloration changes in my axanthics here to show just how drastic some of these color changes can be.
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