Pied Balls

[jonjpl]

I just saw the must awesome Ball. It was a Pied Ball. Does Anyone here have any? I love to see more pictures. Anyone have any available? How much does they usually run?

Thanks, James

[reptilemama]

I don't know of anyone personally who has one, but if I had the money and the space, I've considered getting into ball morphs, including pieds. The problem is the cost- the cheapest pied I've seen was going for $6500, and hets are going for $2000 a pair or more.

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[TheBoaGuy]

hetro pieds go for 12000 a snake

[telefrag]

I still cant believe anyone would pay that much money for a snake.

1000.00 I can understand, but 12K for something that someone may never buy, or something that could die , or never breed.

thats just insane.

[Dragon]

If people stopped buying them, the prices would drop. It's all supply and demand. Personally I wouldn't pay anywhere near that for any snake, no matter what colour/species it was.

[lethargiic]

I own a het piebald male right now and am in the works of aquiring a homozygous or 100% het female.. Beeker is a 66% het for piebald and he is growing like a weed so we need to find a female asap for the at the earliest 2007.

female hets are a lil cheaper but my het male cost me $250 because he's not proven =P

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

[EyeOfTheStorm]

Here is an excellent pic of a set of piebalds...

http://www.cuttingedgeherp.com/ballp...ures&UID=10099

[pandora1985]

http://www.marksherps.com/htm/bp_piebald.html

i've had the pleasure of seeing/handling these snakes myself...they are by far my favorite bp morph but sadly i shall probably never own one.

	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[Sunn]

Piebalds are gorgeous and hopefully someday I will acquire a few through
breeding hets. I think if you check around enough you will find a good flutuation
in pricing on hets. I'm not sure I'd take a chance on anything less than a 100% het
unless I already had some and ran across a potentially good deal on some 66%.

For now I have enough Boa Morph projects going to keep me busy for years!
If I'm lucky the Boas will afford me the ability to acquire some Piebald Python 100% hets. It's hopefully just a matter of time.

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.

	Morph A morph is a color or pattern variation that is proven to be genetic. Common morphs include albino, anerythristic, gentically striped, Hypomelanistic, and many others. Morphs also include combinations of simple traits such as "Sunglow" which is Albino and Hypomelanistic. These traits may be recessive traits, co-dominant traits, dominant traits, or created through selective breeding (ie Pastel).

[xxxjustinxxx]

my ball python just laid a clutch of eggs and is a 66% het for pied balls so as soon as they hatch i hope i will get piedballs...i ll get back to u on it...

	Heterozygous Heterozygous - the animal carries the gene for a genetic trait but does not outwardly demonstrate the trait. Example: A boa that is het for albino looks normal but carries the albino gene. When it is bred to another het for albino boa or an albino boa, a percentage of the offspring will be albino.