< If you just want to make money (which is kind of how it sounds) - ball pythons are the hottest market.>
It's not just about the money. But I do see my animal as an investment - or otherwise I would have gone with a normal. I will enjoy the female I have, and future male, as pets and displays, but they should also be able to "pay their way" a little bit. That's all I see, not big $$, but enough to MAYBE cover the cost of the hobby and a little extra here and there - and the enjoyment of creating some nice looking babies.
I worked with some boas at the Louisville Zoo when I was a teenager - and after that kept some wild-caught snakes. And have always been a rep-lover. I also rode horses all my life. Two of the horses I have now are "money makers" but I also ride and enjoy them. I feel I'm a responsible horse owner/breeder and want to do the same thing with my herps.
As for there is no thing as het hypo? I don't get it?? I understand hypo is dominant - say "H" for hypo. If your snake is Hh - then that is het hypo, correct? and it shows as a phenotypic trait - its viewable on the outside of the animal vs genotypic like het albino which you can't see.
I didn't know that "het" was used just for recessive traits?? I guess you mean, if an animal could be HH and/or Hh you wouldn't know always by looking. But if only one parent was hypo - and you get a hypo offspring - then you know that hypo offspring is Hh. or het hypo. But anyways, what I'm getting is a snake that looks hypo and is hypo het albino - produced from one albino parent and a hypo het for albino as the other parent.
PS, I'm not restricted to the $1500 for buying the male
Donna