I can see why it's easy to jump to thinking the female would be a het. It would be hard to justify breeding an albino female (what you think, maybe $4,000 or more at breeding size?) to a $75 66% chance het male when you could upgrade to a $125 100% het male and not risk the 33% chance of not having a shot at albinos. Heck, loan her out to an albino male and get a guarantee of a 50% clutch of albinos if that is how you work out the split (would actually have to be more than 50% to the female owner to on average work out better than buying the $125 male and keeping the het half clutch too).



It hardly ever makes since to use a less valuable male than the female in a potential pair.

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• How to on Albinos - Nightshade, Wed Apr 13 08:23:51 2005
• RE: How to on Albinos - Quinton, Wed Apr 13 08:32:18 2005
• RE: How to on Albinos - Christy Talbert, Wed Apr 13 08:58:38 2005
• RE: How to on Albinos - Nightshade, Wed Apr 13 09:08:52 2005
• Correction: 25% Albino, 25% Normal, and 50% Het. (not half albino half het) - FerrisBueler, Wed Apr 13 09:44:31 2005
• No, read the original post... - Christy Talbert, Wed Apr 13 09:47:18 2005
• No - 50/50 is correct - toshamc, Wed Apr 13 09:48:35 2005
• RE: Correction: 25% Albino, 25% Normal, and 50% Het. (not half albino half het) - CJBianco, Wed Apr 13 09:48:49 2005
• RE: Arrrggghhhh... - CJBianco, Wed Apr 13 09:52:26 2005
• I guess I should read the post first...apologies LOL - FerrisBueler, Wed Apr 13 09:53:03 2005
• ROFL hunt and peck quicker... - FerrisBueler, Wed Apr 13 09:55:33 2005
• Technically speaking.......(once again clearing up my pet peave) - JP, Wed Apr 13 09:58:39 2005
• RE: Technically speaking.......(once again clearing up my pet peave) - J35J, Wed Apr 13 10:23:06 2005
• Yes, I know...lol.... - Christy Talbert, Wed Apr 13 10:27:10 2005
• RE: Yes, I know...lol.... - J35J, Wed Apr 13 10:28:25 2005
• LOL - toshamc, Wed Apr 13 10:45:56 2005
• RE: Technically speaking.......(once again clearing up my pet peave) - jmartin104, Wed Apr 13 11:39:14 2005
• RE: ROFL hunt and peck quicker... - ginebig, Wed Apr 13 12:45:39 2005
• Wait a minute... - rwoodyer, Wed Apr 13 14:32:39 2005
• Again at the heart of the problem.... - JP, Wed Apr 13 17:05:00 2005
• I bet you didn't think such a simple Q could generate such a long thread! - Christy Talbert, Wed Apr 13 18:08:42 2005
• Male vs. Female - RandyRemington, Thu Apr 14 06:05:27 2005
• RE: I bet you didn't think such a simple Q could generate such a long thread! - Nightshade, Thu Apr 14 08:50:23 2005
• RE: Again at the heart of the problem.... - oddballpythons, Thu Apr 14 11:00:02 2005
• RE: Again at the heart of the problem.... - rwoodyer, Fri Apr 15 01:01:13 2005
• RE: Again at the heart of the problem.... - rwoodyer, Fri Apr 15 01:06:39 2005