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I am looking into purchasing a 66% het Albino female. She is listed as being 1 of 4, one of the clutch was an albino. I was wondering if this is even a good possiblility or if i am jsut better of going for a 100% het male and female. As i said in a previous post, I am not all about an immediate result, as the experience is more of a concern to me... Ideas?

thank you...

Sean

if the purchase is comming from someone that can give references as to their quality of animals and character of himself then i would buy if that was all that my budget could handle. Personally with the price difference being small I would just go with the sure thing though.
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2.3 het pied (RDR, alan bosch x 2, BHB x 2)
0.1 High Contrast Albino (Gulf Coast)
1.1 het albino (ben siegel, Gulf Coast)
1.2 het citrus ghost(Gulf Coast line)
1.0 citrus ghost (Gulf Coast line)
0.1 graz pastel female
1.6 05 normal bp's
0.6 04 normal bp's
2.5 adult normal bp's (some need breeding to see if norm)
4 various corns
0.1 brazilian rainbow boa (alan bosch)
1.0 american pit bull terrior
1.1 taco dogs (ankle biters)
1.0 grey cat
1.1 bearded dragons

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I would say pay no more than half what a 100% het is worth for a 66% het. With a 100% het you know its a het. With a 66% het you dont know its a het, but you could buy 2 of them for the price of a 100% het, so atleast the odds are in your favor. There is always the chance both 66% hets are normal though... thats when 2 or 3 years down the road you will kick your self for not buying the 100% het. You should also realize most breeders dont sell 66% het female, because they are worth more to just raise up and prove out, so if you find some, use caution. I was at a reptile show last weekend where I saw a guy sell about 30 50% het female pieds for $100 each. While it seems like a good deal and he had several pieds, spiders, and albinos sitting right next to them... a pied could pay for its self real quick if you used it to set next to a bunch of normals at shows and sell them as poss hets. I looked over about 10 of the babies and didnt find one with markers on it... makes me wounder. Breeders/sellers dont have to answer when a poss het doesnt prove out. I know one breeder does offer something like if you buy 5 het females and none prove out in 2 breedings, they will buy them all back. Seems risky on the breeders part.

Ben

All very good points and hets are a great way to go. Personally, I would go for 100% if the budget will allow. You may have to wait a little longer but the odds are in your favor for the long term. And absolutely ensure you buy from a trusted or reliable source.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

If one of the offspring in that clutch was Albino that snake IS 100% het albino.

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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

O'ya, I'm sitting here thinking of the combos when it finally dawned on me!!

If you have the 100% het male - then I see no harm in picking up the 66% PH also - I wouldn't just pick up the 66%PH tho. It would also depend on how much they are asking and what kind of paperwork/guarantees are included. But it never hurts to have some possibles in you collection to dink with.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

10.35.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.1.0 Bredls Python (Smurfette)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.1 Lizard rescued from feline
0.0.0 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

And ensure your 100% is 100%. There is nothing worse than trying to prove out a 66% with a dud
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

Yah, I have a 66% het female thats going to breed next year to a male 100% het, and I trust the source on the 66% het, but the 100% het is totally a shot in the dark. I am not going to rule her out until I breed her to an albino in '08. I have already put a ton of time into this exact situation... if it all works out great, if not, I have lost a considderable amount of time and money, but atleast I have a good breeder female (I hope). Just to give you a good idea as to what I think a 66% het is worth, I paid $250 for a 66% het albino that was 600g, while a 100% het would have been $600-$800. I dont think I would have paid any more.