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What are the odds/percentage on getting an Ivory when you breed 2 yellowbellies together.

Per egg odds:

25% chance you'll produce an ivory.
25% chance you'll produce a normal
50% chance you'll produce a yellow belly

Tom

I'd say the odds are far greater. How many people out there do you know that are producing them? And look at how many "yellowbellies" are out there. They are everywhere, and it seems that everybody is selling them. There is a good reason they are selling them, because they command a high price, and I believe they are selling a dream to people. If I could get a couple of grand out of a seemingly normal ball saying it "might" produce a white snake, I'd do it also. Think about it.

Just my opinion though, many will disagree.

Mike
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So long as it's a true yellow belly those are your odds. It's no different than pastels or cinnys. You see lots of these morphs but significantly less super forms of each. I think much of that can be attributed to people getting males (b'c they are cheaper) and breeding the h*ll out of them with normal females. So you will probably never see a 1:4 ratio if yellow belly to ivory because they are outcrossed so much with normal and other morphs.

Like pastels, many yellow bellies are imported from Africa each year thus leading to increased numbers in captivity.

I believe yellow bellies were only proven to produce ivories 2-3 years ago. This may also explain why the number of ivories is still somewhat low.

Until a few years ago you really didn't see that many super pastels on the classifieds or in private collections. Now you see them every day for sale on the classifieds. I would assume the case will be similar for ivories in a few years.

Just trying to further explain my previous post of 1:4 chance of ivory from yellow belly x yellow belly.

Tom

Tom