Question...
 

Hello,

Fairly new to snake breeding in Ball Pythons as a collection. I have an pied 50% for albino pied and a normal 100% het for albino pied, what will I get if I breed them and how will I know the percentage of het for the snake?

Kind Regards,
Dan

Hi Dan,
Welcome to ball pythons. This is going to get sloppy and potentially confusing really quick, so I might simplify it a little. For this example I'll identify a male and female though I might have it reverse since you didn't specify.
There are 3 types of ball pythons:
1. Visual
2. 100% het.
3. Possible het. (any percentage less than 100% is basically worthless for calculations or labeling purposes*)
Either an animal is het. OR it is not. So... you need to calculate under two different assumptions, the father is het OR he is not, toss out %s <100%.

Male: Pied 100% het Albino
Female: 100% het Albino, 100% het Pied.
If he is 100% het Albino, you 'pretend' the ratios are something like:

12.5% 1/8 Het Piebald
12.5% 1/8 Piebald
25% 1/4 Double Het Albino Piebald
12.5% 1/8 Albino Het Piebald
25% 1/4 Piebald Het Albino
12.5% 1/8 Albino Piebald


Male: Pied (not het. at all)
Female: 100% het Albino, 100% het Pied.
If he is not het Albino, you 'pretend' the ratios are something like:

25% 1/4 Het Piebald
25% 1/4 Piebald
25% 1/4 Double Het Piebald Albino
25% 1/4 Piebald Het Albino


*odds truly are so unpredictable dealing with het. animals, especially double het that it is honestly futile to calculate or try to guess.

Thanks
 

Okay great, thanks for answering my question! :)