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Hi all,

I'm thinking about buying myself both a male and a female 100% het (albino) hognose. I really like albino's but i can't afford buying one as i'm just a student. Normal hogs are nice too so no worries (and hets have nice genetics). I'd like to buy these snakes when they're still young because it'd be nice to see them grow up. Once they're both adults, i might want to try breeding them and who knows, maybe i'll get a little albino.

Now, i know how genetics work so there's no need to explain it to me. Genetics however is theory. F.e.: There's a 50% chance that, when you become a father/mother, your child will be a girl and 50% chance that he'll be a boy. However, it is also possible that you get 5 kids, and all 5 of them are boys.

The same can happen when breeding hets i suppose. So... i was wondering what's the possibility that you get several clutches with no albino's? I know the theory, but i'd like to hear some results of people that have bred hets.

Maybe there are some people on this forum that have bred hets and that can tell me their results? Did you have lots of diversity in your baby snakes? Did you get any albino's?

Thanks a lot!

Genetics says that you should get about % albinos and 75% "normals" (which will be 66% possible het for albino).

As far as real life goes, I'd say that it normally doesn't take more than two or three clutches before you see an albino.
After three clutches with only normal looking offspring I might begin to question if the breeders are actually hets.

"should get about % albinos "

Oops...I left out the "25" for the percent of albinos.

Myeah 25% it is... i suppose that isn't bad at all... Especially if your snake lays a large number of eggs.

The thing is, i just wondered whether or not it's a smart thing to trust the theory. As i already said in my first post, being lucky can be quite important too.

Oh well

People that have had albino baby's from two hets: feel free to post in this topic I'd like to know your results!