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Hi from what i have seen most people breed a homo with a het(ex albino x het). My question is if you know you get 100 % of the homo in this case albino why isn't it done. I heard it messes the blood line. feedback and any breeders with this experience please reply....albino,piebald,ghost etc...

The original Homozygous simple recessive animals were all bred back to animals that were closely related. So, if you are going for say Albinos, most people like to use unrelated Homozygous males to Het females, to broaden the scope of the genes. Most Homozygous female simple recessives are used to make DH's, or Codom het simple recessive.

I read on NERD's website that breeding Albino X Albino ball pythons produces albinos with very faded color, that fades even more with age. I've never heard of this happening in other boid species, but i know in boas it's usually associated with one-eyed and eyeless snakes. NERD had some Alb X Alb pics on their website that really did look like ugly, faded, low-contrast albino ball pythons.

~kasey

LOL...nowhere on the site does it say that breeding Albino x Albino ball = faded albinos.

Are you referring to the "faded albino" page?

Just to clear up any confusion...

>>I read on NERD's website that breeding Albino X Albino ball pythons produces albinos with very faded color, that fades even more with age. I've never heard of this happening in other boid species, but i know in boas it's usually associated with one-eyed and eyeless snakes. NERD had some Alb X Alb pics on their website that really did look like ugly, faded, low-contrast albino ball pythons.
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>>~kasey
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