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I understand that when crossed, a Tremper and Bell will produce no Albinos. So do they produce Normals het for Albino? And if so, which type of Albino would it be het for?

Also, what does it mean when something is DOUBLE HET?

As you can probably tell from all of my recent posts, I'm getting more and more into my Leos as the days go by. I've owned them my whole life but I'm just starting to breed. Sorry if I get to be annoying.

-Patrick

I'm in a similar situation as you are....I know a whole lot about husbandry but currently out of the loop on morphs and breeding lingo. I believe double het means that the gecko is het for two possible variations in thier offspring....hence, "Double Het". Again, I could be WAY off on that one, so I prob wouldn't accept it until someone comes by and verifies/disproves this.

Replace the word possible with potential & you hit the nail on the head. Unless your refering to possible hets, but that is a different subject.

Thank you for the clarification

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The Normals would be double het for Bell & Tremper lines of Albino. What double het means is that the animal carries two recessive traits that can produce either morph it's het for or an animal that can visually show both morphs.
An exsample would be a double het Albino Patternless. Which would mean the Leo carries both the Albino & Patternless genes. The Leo would produce Albinos, Patternless, & the combo recessive morph Albino Patternless.

Everything is clear now. I can't thank you guys enough for helping me get started. I already have friends asking me when I'll have geckos for sale and I haven't even begun to produce. It's a chain reaction!

-Patrick

I know that feeling. I have people asking me for stuff from different projects that are a year or more out.

Look into getting Ron Tremper's book "The Herpetoculture of Leopard Geckos". It really goes into great detail about genetics. I would consider it a must have for anyone looking into breeding Leos.