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Hey guys I'm trying to get a small operation going and I want to get started with Piebalds. I just want to get a handful of snakes and see how I do and I want to know how you'd suggest starting out. I currently have a het pied (male i think) that is pretty young. I don't have a scale or anything yet but I've been doing my research.

I want to know what particular morphs you'd suggest for me to get a start. I don't have a whole lot of money so take that into consideration.

I know that piebald is a recessive gene, so what would be the result of a het to normal breeding? Would i get ANY pieds?

Thanks for the help in advance,
Chad

The imple answer is NO. Both snakes have to be het for pied to have any chance of producing a pied.
If you breed a het pied with a normal, you are reducing your chances even further from producing a pied. If your het pied is a male, buy a het pied female.

>>Hey guys I'm trying to get a small operation going and I want to get started with Piebalds. I just want to get a handful of snakes and see how I do and I want to know how you'd suggest starting out. I currently have a het pied (male i think) that is pretty young. I don't have a scale or anything yet but I've been doing my research.
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>>I want to know what particular morphs you'd suggest for me to get a start. I don't have a whole lot of money so take that into consideration.
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>>I know that piebald is a recessive gene, so what would be the result of a het to normal breeding? Would i get ANY pieds?
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>>Thanks for the help in advance,
>>Chad

Buy what you like...Since you will have to take care of it,it should be something that pleases you to have.

Recessive means that when an animal has both alleles of a mutated gene then you can see it(Homozygous).Yet if it has one allele that is normal,and one that is of a recessive morph(Heterozygous)it appears as normal(yet carries one allele of two needed to express the mutation).

Now that you know that,..A co-dominant(or "incomplete dominant"morph does show visually with only one allele of a mutation(pastel for example)coupled with one normal allele,and has a different appearance with both alleles being of that same mutation(super pastel for example).

Furthermore,technically a pastel is a "het",and a super pastel is "homozygous" for the gene..Even though they are not recessive the terms still apply as it refers to the genetic workings more than any phenotypes.
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Thanks guys!