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How does the blizzard trait work ? Is this a simple recessive gene or a combination of several? I already own one of these beautiful animals and I am looking at buying a breeding pair where the male is blizzard and the female is said het for it, but figured you could give me some info on it before i did.

Thanks in advance your sharing your immense knowledge and wise advise on this..( is that enough butt kissing to get a good answer..lol )

Dawn

Sorry for my bad typing and word outlay in that previous post..I just reread it..woohhheee, it has been a long day and after seeing that I shall go to bed! Oh well, you get the jest of my question. If anyone else knows feel free to chime right in on it too!

I am no king genetics wiz but let me give it a crack. I would assume blizzard as in other snakes is a combination of 2 genes. Most likely a form of amel and a form of anery of some type. But since I don't know the exact genetics we will call them genes 1,2, and 3 (being blizzard) So your blizzard is homozygous for genes 1 and 2 giving it the blizzard apearance (#3) so if you breed it to a het you will get 4 types of babies. 25% gene 1, 25% gene 2, 25% gene 3, and 25% normals. This is assuming the genes are all simple recessive. But I doubt that any of the genes are dominant. I hope I was at least a little help. Like I said, I know nothing at all about king specific genes.
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"

Thanks for your input on that. I was figuring along those lines, but before I invest with a goal of producing blizzards I certainly wanted to understand the genetics of it better. I have quite a variety of cals building in my collection and the genetics of them are something I want to FULLY understand.

Thanks again.

I'm glad I helped a little. Like I said, I'm no wiz with kings. More of a corn person Sorry I couldn't tell you more.
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"