I know a guy who bred a ghost to a pastel and was quite upset to get all ghosts. Apparently the female ghost retained sperm from her ghost mate from the previous year as the pastel wasn't expected to be even het ghost. I'd be thrilled to have a clutch of ghosts but I guess I see his point as this was in 2003 and pastel het ghosts where really rare (still pretty rare) and much more valuable than even homozygous ghosts.



So, what we really need is a paternity test for ball pythons. They have them already for most every farm animal and even birds and fish. Seems like they could offer a little extra insurance for both sides when selling hets and give the breeder a lot more flexibility.

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• Albino X Normal - CJBianco, Wed Apr 13 10:56:34 2005
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• Exactly! ........ n/p - HFR, Wed Apr 13 12:37:06 2005
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• Paternity - RandyRemington, Wed Apr 13 23:13:15 2005