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Is there an easy way to tell them apart?

Which one is more common? If you could assign a rough percentage to each what would it be?

For example, about 80% of albino's are the Sharp strain.

My concern is that for my hets to work out they must be the
same strain don't they?

I don't remember seeing that mentioned on any ads for hets that
I've looked at. I've got a male albino and I'm trying to set up
two future breeding projects...

kahl is the older more common strain. they tend to banana out most of the time losing a lot of color and turning yellow. Sharp is newer not as many around but they usually hold more color as adults. They are not compatible. If you have a male albino best bet is to get either het females or dble het sunglow females. Breeding albino to albino can either be really rewarding or a very big disappointment with many deformities/slugs/stillborns.

Also, if not identified, MOST likely is Kahl Strain.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
10.22 BRB
10.15 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Could you tell if an albino neonate was the Sharp or Kahl
strain by looking at it?

Kahl is probably more expensive?

Not sure why you would think Kahl is more expensive. It is a supply and demand thing, there are far more Kahls so they are much cheaper.

labeled as Sharp or Kahl. I do see some that are labelled. If
they aren't labeled then they are most likely Kahl?

I was asking if one is more expensive because that would be a
way to distinguish them for me. So Sharp albinos would probably cost more?

Can you tell what strain an albino neonate is by looking at it?

How?

Thanks,
tc

Sharps are pretty rare, if someone is selling one they know they have one, and it is always labeled.
Kahls may or may not be labeled, they have become common enough for some pet stores to sell.

Sharp Albinos cost around $3000 on average.
Here is a picture of a baby Sharp. Picture taken by Ron Michelotti of my new Sharp.

I just got a male and all of this is new to me.