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has anyone ever try to breed an albino het snow to a snow????if so what was the results?...i have a female snow and trying to figure out what i should breed her with to get as many HEALTHY snows possible...thanks

Based on the odds you would get 50% snow and 50% albino. That is if your snow and albino have the same strain of albino.

However a lot of breeders feel that you should not breed an albino to an albino. And your snow would classify as an albino in that respect. If you agree with that then your best bet would be a double het for snow. Plus with a double het you would get about 25% each of normal double hets, anerys, albinos, and snows.

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Some breeders I've talked to think that having the anery gene mixed with the albino gene strengthens the blood lines. I have no experience with this and have heard just as many people say that albino x albino breeding should never be done with boa's. If you feel that the albino x albino breeding isn't worth the risk, I'd buy an Anery het snow male to breed to the female snow. With this breeding you would in theory get half snow's and half anery's het snow. Or to step up your breeding program you could get a ghost male het moonglow and produce animals all over the spectrum but that would be an expensive upgrade.
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Josh & Krysty Hutto
J&K Reptiles

Various Ball Pythons:::

1.0 striped vanilla
1.2 Citrus Ghost and hets
1.2 Albino and hets
2.3 het Pied
1.1 Pastel (male has additional gene going on with him)
a bunch of female holdbacks and several rescue normal males

0.1 columbian boa, she's a feeding monster, controls my
over production of rats, lol
0.1 brazilian rainbow boa, another rat eating monster
1.1 corns

a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrier as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!

Not only would an anery be a better choice, also a less expnsive one. Craig(ghost het albino great idea, but like you said costly)

Hey!
If you're trying to play it as safe as possible health-wise, then I'd suggest you breed your female snow to a het. You could go WAY less expensive than an albino het snow and just get a double het snow male. Then, everything you produced would either show the trait or carry it. You’d get snows, albinos het snow, anerys het snow and double het snows. If you have a little MORE cash, get a triple het for Moonglow (a hypo het for albino and anery.) That'd be cheaper than a ghost het snow by a lot and you'd get moonglows, snows, sunglows het snow, albinos het snow, ghosts het snow, anerys het snow, triple het for moonglows and double het for snows. The same concept would apply where every animal would either show any recessive trait or carry it.
Aaron

I would definitely cross your snow with the hypo gene to strengthen up the Snows bloodline. A Hypo DH Snow would be the most affordable compared to a Ghost Het Albino or Sunglow Het Anery.
With a Hypo DH Snow X Snow you could get:

-Hypo Snows (Moonglows)
-Snows
-Sunglows Het Anery
-Ghosts Het Albino
-Albinos Het Anery
-Anerys Het Albino
-Hypos DH Snow (Triple hets)
-DH Snows

All of the above would be 100% Hets due to the Snow genes. Good luck and let us know what your final choice is.
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Tony Bocanegra
Next Generation Reptiles
www.NGReptiles.com

thanks for all the help everyone...i already purchased 1.1 albino het snow..which i guess i will prob be putting back on the market as i dont want any bad genes or deformities(or little as possible)....so i think my final choice is either a hypo dh snow or an anery het snow....any more thoughts anyone??