I’m assuming the parents of your 66% double het snow ball were two 100% snow ball hets. Therefore, I always think of it this way with a HET X HET breeding: IF four babies were produced, the odds are as follows: 1 snow ball, 2 Het for snows (known as 66% hets) and 1 normal ball python. Why do they call them 66% hets? Well, in theory, you have 3 normal looking babies but 2 may POSSIBLY carry the gene for snow therefore you have a 2 in 3 or 2/3 (=.66.6) chance of getting one that is het snow. HOWEVER, I still think it’s a coin toss….50/50 because you simply cannot tell. You could produce 6 baby ball pythons from a Het X Het breeding and 1 baby could be a snow, 1 could be a het and the other 4 could be normals…..its just random and hypothetical to think of it as a 66% chance.



As far as breeding a 66% dbl het male to a normal, it depends on whether your male is really het or not…….IF he is, then he is actually 100% het and the offspring would be either 100% hets (called 50% hets) or normals. It would be a half/half mix. I’m just curious….how much did you pay for your hets?



Also, if you are 13, I’m just curious where you get your herp money from?...when I was 13 I was given an allowance but never enough to afford those kinds of snakes.lol. I have a baby on the way so I hope he/she will be into herps b/c someday they will have a really nice collection to manage if all goes well with my future projects.



PS….Ralph Davis has a great section on his website called “the Matrix” that explains all you’ll need to know regarding genetics….but always remember that the unexplainable can still always occur.
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Jason

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