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Can anyone tell me whether the different ball python albino lines have proven to be compatible or non-compatible with each other yet?

Thanks, Ryan

most albinos are sold without a line. I believe they are all compatible, unless the breeder can give you papers proving an albinos lineage it is probably a mix.
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0.1 "Tremper" looking Albino Leopard gecko (Lex)
0.0.1 tiger crested gecko (peachs)
1.1 Feral cats that we adopted (Fuzzy, and Bear)

As far as "lines" of albino ball pythons go, it is easiest (and accurate so far as I know) to consider:

1. albino ball pythons (tyrosinase negative)

2. lavender albino ball pythons (possibly tyrosinase positive)

.... if it's not one, then it's the other.

WARNING: (I'M GETTING ON MY "HIGH CONTRAST ALBINO LINE" SOAP BOX)....the albino ball pythons that are advertised as "high contrast line" ball pythons are simply the very early results of selective breeding in albino balls. The effort is so early in fact that a "high contrast" albino ball python is quite likely to pop up in a clutch produced by an albino ball with very little contrast (those who claim to work with this "high contrast" ball python "line" are probably throwing in high contrasting babies from any and all lineages right into the "high contrast ball python line" mixing pot and just tacking the "high contrast line" label on it).... and selling "hets" for "high contrast albino"!!!.... well, this is marketing hype (a.k.a 'deception') at its worst. We're talking about selective breeding here and until we know what a normal ball python should look like in order to most likely produce high contrasting albinos, selling "het high contrast albinos" is just what I said it is...deception. (to make "reverse okeetee" corn snakes you must first start with okeetees... what is the ball python "okeetee" equivalent here?)

While I believe that it is certainly important for a prospective buyer to understand the difficulties in breeding for and predicting high contrast type albinos I think it's worth noting when a het albino comes from a line known to produce high contrast albinos. If I wanted to produce high contrast albinos by starting with a pair of het albinos I would think my chances would be at least slightly better coming from a high contrast line. Perhaps the wording isn't the best if they make it sound like "het" goes with the "high contrast" and not the "albino" part.