Whaddup all

Whaddup all, being new to the python world, having only bought my first male in novmber, i have a few questions ive been wondering. When someone says a snake is "50% _____ het" what does that mean? And when giving the sex and number of snakes in a "#.#" which one is male and female? Thanks for all help.

Male.Female.Unsexed

the 50% 66% 100% and so forth are numbers used to tell someone how much of a chance that animal has of being "het" for a certain trait.

100% means you have a 100% chance of having an animal that is het. when bred to another 100% het or visual morph you have the chance of producing animals that carry that trait.

66% het is a sixy six percent chance of being a het. so its either "het" or Normal. you have to breed it to another het, or visual to prove it out.
Same goes for 50% "hets".

Ahhhh thanks but what does "het" mean as well? Or does that just refer to the morph in question? I thought it was an abbreviated form of hereditary or something.

Originally Posted by My_Spyder

Ahhhh thanks but what does "het" mean as well? Or does that just refer to the morph in question? I thought it was an abbreviated form of hereditary or something.

It means they have( 100% hets) or MIGHT ( Possible Hets 66% 50% and such) have the genetics for a specific trait. IE: albino,ghost,axanthic and such. it applies to recessive traits. ( hidden, cant see, have to breed to prove out)

Im not much good at explaining genetics... so my explanation is REAL basic.

Ah ha, so ive been thinking right. Thanks a bunch, yo.

Welcome!

Thanks. Also im wanting to get into breeding ball pythons and im also begining to breed my own mice. My current male is about 290g is that normal for a 5-6 month old male? I feed him a regular mouse once a week, ive never tried to give him 2 should i try that? P.S. i love this place its such a wealth of information and everyone seems friendly!

Originally Posted by My_Spyder

Thanks. Also im wanting to get into breeding ball pythons and im also begining to breed my own mice. My current male is about 290g is that normal for a 5-6 month old male? I feed him a regular mouse once a week, ive never tried to give him 2 should i try that? P.S. i love this place its such a wealth of information and everyone seems friendly!

if you no longer see a bump in the snake from the mouse, you can up the prey items to two smaller mice. a general rule many people tend to follow is not feeding anything that is larger than the snake is around, slightly larger wont do too much harm, you just have to be cautious

Originally Posted by My_Spyder

Thanks. Also im wanting to get into breeding ball pythons and im also begining to breed my own mice. My current male is about 290g is that normal for a 5-6 month old male? I feed him a regular mouse once a week, ive never tried to give him 2 should i try that? P.S. i love this place its such a wealth of information and everyone seems friendly!

That is one HUGE mouse. I would totally scale back on what you're feeding it. Also, I don't think that healthy mice should eat other mice. If you're thinking about giving him two mice because he goes through the first one so fast, I think that you should really look at your conditions first. Good luck finding a 290g female to breed him with.

(heh)

As far as I have researched, it is better to feed a bigger meal than to feed twice. Maybe it is time to move to rats, or for me to get better advice, one or t'other.

Welcome!!

LOL no no no...my mouse aint 290g my python is. i do have a HUGE female mouse shes like twice the size of the male i just put in there today, tho i just saw her today and shes either pregnant or eating too much. i meant is my male ball the right size. Thanks for responses!