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Is it really worth spending the extra money for possible hets? If a snake is 66% possible then you have a 2 out of three chance of getting one, but is it worth it. Not horrible odds, but there is still that chance that you just paid extra for nothing.

Is there a way to lessen your chances of being taken advantage of, or maybe a better guessing technique?

What is to keep someone for selling any snake as a possible het.
I can go out in my yard and find a corn snake and say its a possible het for boa constrictor (J/K).

I know if you don't plan on breeding its not worth it, its not worth buying anything het if you don't plan to breed.
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"My day always starts off great till my alarm clock goes off"

2.0 Normal Redtail
0.1 Anery Redtail

Wish list

2.0 DH Ghost
0.1 Normal

Let me know if you have either of these and maybe we can make a deal.

Good question!

IMO, I do believe the possible het is worth more than the known normal. It is a less expensive way to get into the morphs. BUT, as you indicated you could be getting a normal and wasting time. For that reason I went mainly with 100% hets for my BCI projects. Cost me more up front, but I felt it was worth the extra coin. If the possible hets were around 1/3 the price of the 100$ hets, then it could be worth it to get three and if odds work out, you should have two hets and one normal. I don't like to gamble that way. Putting years into raising up to find out you have normals.

Also, I plan my breeding pairs around producing 100% hets where possible. For example, my male albino, het anery paired with my female anery het albino. Outcome should be 25% snow, 25% albino het anery, 25% anery het albino and 25% double hets.

Again IMO, 100% hets (at market pricing) have to be easier to sell than possibles at any price above normals.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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They usualy aren't that expencive for possible hets and it could prove for you.. I proved a male arabesque that was poss het for albino and poss het for stripe to be 100% het for both this season.. If he didn't prove he'd still be an arabesque. It depends on what your breeding to your poss hets to though also..
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Ed Lilley, www.constrictorsnw.com

A year ago I never thought I would buy a poss het for the reasons that you have stated. But I have now changed my mind. This season I hope to produce some hypos 100% het for albinos. This past season I bought three female hypos 66% poss dh sunglows (hypos 66% poss het albinos). I am planning on taking three males from my litter and breed them with the three poss hets girls in a few years. Hopefully two of the three girls will turn out being het for albino. The other reason is because the sunglows produced will be poss super Sharp sunglows, which is what I really want. I paid about $3000 for the three girls. I thought this was a better choice than buying just one 100% het for about the same price. Will shall see. I also remember someone saying they proved out something like 10 out of 13 animals to be 100% hets. But then again he could have only proved out three of them. It is definately a risk. But I just can't wait until I know what these three girls really are. As far as people selling normal animals as poss hets I'm sure it happens. I would recommend buying from a breeder with a good reputaion and ask to see pics of the entire litter. Hopefully if he/she took enough shots you would be able to pick out the baby that you want. I say its worth the risk. Good luck.
Michael Burton here are my three girls from '05