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Morph Compatibility Question from a BP breeding newbie!

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Hi there! I’ve been breeding corns for a few years now and decided to dedicate some reptile room space to ball pythons. After researching morphs, I decided I really liked Candinos and Toffinos (despite their apparently confusing history/genetics) and wanted to start there.

Problem is, I’m having a hard time finding compatibility information between the two morphs. It’s entirely possible I’m using the wrong search terms, so if this has been answered dozens of times, I apologize! All I know (at least in the lines I’m looking at) is that they both carry albino, one comes from candy and the other from toffee, and that there’s some debate regarding ‘purity’ there. But I don’t know what that means.

If one was to breed a Candino to a Toffino.. would the resulting clutch be albinos, double(triple?) hets and Candinos/Toffinos? Or nothing interesting at all?

I’ve been doing a research on this question but am finding some very mixed information and I was hoping someone could clarify! Also, what is it about the value and purity of the morphs that’s debated? Thanks in advance for any help, or feel free to push me toward using either to breed something more interesting. I’m not really looking to make bank - just to educate myself and have some nice looking animals as a result :)
 
Candy = toffee. Same gene, different line. Some will argue this, but there it is.
Both are compatible with the albino gene. While an albino has two copies of the recessive albino gene, a candino has one copy of albino and one copy of candy. Same for the toffinos, one copy of albino, one of toffee.

Candino x toffino = 25% albinos, 50% candino/toffino, 25% candy/toffee. No normals or hets will be produced. I'd personally recommend instead breeding toffino x toffino or candino x candino. The results will look the same, but will sell better because you will avoid bogus "purity" debates.

Value: visual candies go for about 400-500, toffees are inexplicably closer to 600. Candy x tofee crosses are usually valued a little less than 400.

Candinos and toffinos are around 200-300, again with toffinos being slightly higher than candinos.
 
Thank you so much for the information! The clutch estimate and recommendation is very helpful, I’ll probably choose one or the other to stick with. This clears up a lot of what I wasn’t understanding :)
 
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