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I have a 100 het for albino ball and cant afford $500-$700 for a female but some say get 66 het female which I was going to do, on the other hand alot are saying not to waste my time with poss. I only work p/t and bring home less than $300 weekly but dont know what to do now, I do have a norm female but I know going with breeding het to norm will take yrs to try to produce albinos. The white plains NY show is on sept. 12 and I wanted to try to get something but I dont know. Right now im hoping my het for albino boas go this season but I really want some ball morps

Heres what I got about a week ago from my $50 possible het albino female.

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I did almost as well. This is my first try at breeding balls. High contrast male mated to 5 pos. het females. Only one female produced eggs (I don't think I got them quite cool enough).

6 eggs laid--all fertile.

4 albinos and 2 hets hatched. One albino is still in the egg, but should be out tomorrow. All 4 albinos are rather high contrast. (Orange right now) I can't wait for them to shed, I'll post pics of them when they do. (that pos. het. female was the best $250 I have ever spent!) Thanks Kelli H.

I'd say possible hets are not a waste of time. When you can purchase about 3-4 for the price of one 100% het., you increase you odds of producing albinos by about 50-100% per dollar spent. While buying a 100% het is a sure thing, buying 4 pos. hets. should give you 2 hets. on average, but you could end up with 4 hets., or 4 normals. If you aren't into gambling, or can't afford to take care of/purchase multiple animals, a 100% might be better for you.--Personally, I'd rather buy more animals and produce more babies, plus it sure was exciting to see all those albinos pop out when I could have gotten a bunch of hets. instead!

Rodney

(excuse the dirty cage--one of them pooped just prior to mating, and I wasn't about to disturb them!)

Congrats!

HOLY sh***!

DANG, nice luck!!!

They're gorgeous. ^.^ Congrats!
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1 Ball Python
1 Rock Python
1 Bullsnake
5 Cats

Love 'em all ...

People always say that it will take longer when you have a 100% het male x some normal females than an albino male x some normal females. It will take EXACTLY the same length of time. Granted, only SOME of the females will be hets, the ONLY way to save time is to buy albino or het albino females right away. But making possible hets and then breeding them back to the 100% het dad takes THE SAME LENGTH OF TIME as making 100% hets and breeding them back to the albino dad.

No Doubt,and it is going to take exactly that same amount of time for me to prove out a possible het male with normal girls.
...or just get some nice normals
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1.1 Thayeri Kings
3.9 Ball Pythons
0.1 Viper Boa
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Looking for 0.2 Phelsuma madagascariensis madagascariensis

"I do have a norm female but I know going with breeding het to norm will take yrs to try to produce albinos"

Actually I think he is comparing using a normal vs. using a het/possible het. Using a normal female to produce your own possible het females of course will take an extra generation.