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Do you put in to breed with one female? I have seen some posts that talk about putting one type of morph in with a female and then "doubling up" by putting in another type of morph in with the same female. For example, putting an albino male in with a normal then putting in a pied male in with the same normal female. Could you please share the advantages of doing this?

If you do this, can sperm from both males fertilize different eggs and you end up with two types of morphs (or hets) from one clutch? If the males are simple recessive morphs, how do you know what the normal looking het python really is? Has anyone had this happen?

All input appreciated. Thanks
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Alice Cobb

Very few will use different recessive males on the same female, what you are seeing is usualy dominant or co-dominant males being used on a given female.

For instance,If one breeds a young mojave male and is not sure if he did the job, he can then be backed up by lets say, a pastel, once the clutch hatches, you know right away who fathered that particular clutch, you would get mojaves, pastels and/or both mutations.

With recessives such as albino or pieds, you would not see who fathered the clutch and would then have to test breed each one to see if they are gene carriers...

Dominant and co-dominant, you know right away...

Brian A.

I had the misfortune of losing my male pastel to a hemipene injury mid season - since two of his females had not ovulated we figured it was best to keep breeding them with something and all we had were left to breed were recessives. We are hoping for some pastels out of their clutches but the normal looking ones will be sold as normals with the possiblity of being het for hypo or albino.

In any other case I wouldn't recommend doubling up with recessives - but doubling up with co-doms is a good way to possibly get an interesting clutch. Good if you don't have enough females around.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

6.42.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi)
0.1.0 Bredls Python (Smurfette)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.0 frogs rescued from pool skimmer
0.0.1 Lizard of unknown origin

n/p
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Alice Cobb