If you are talking about female possible hets remember it can sometimes take longer than you would like to get a female to breed. I've got the first eggs from a 6-year-old female 25% chance het albino about 3 weeks from hatching. That's a worst-case example as even with my less than optimal feeding I've had girls produce at 3 years. Certainly a reputable seller should tell you if the possible het female has produced and what she produced so you can figure how reduced her odds are.



If you are talking males then I agree with the last poster - they have probably upgraded. Male for sure hets for many recessive morphs are now very affordable. I've got a 50% chance het piebald that could now be replaced with a 100% het for less than the possible het originally cost. Sure his daughters might prove him next year but I've got better marked males and am tempted to sell him locally for $50 now rather than keep him for another year or two on the chance I can maybe sell him for $400 later as a proven het. I'm in a similar situation with my possible het males for other morphs. Even without buying my own 100% hets there are now enough breeders around me with for sure hets and even visibles that I can loan out their daughters and try to prove them without inbreeding. Possible het males for most recessive morphs have really devalued the last few years. In fact, since I'm going to be trying to sell mine at the price of normals I'm wondering if I should down play the possible het angle as it might tend to scare off potential pet customers.

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• old poss. hets?? - leehafley, Sun Sep 11 22:07:51 2005
• RE: old poss. hets?? - Boaboy00, Sun Sep 11 23:07:47 2005
• Male or female? - RandyRemington, Mon Sep 12 05:24:22 2005