just been offered a het for yellow belly royal , is this possible ? I thought these were co-dom and thus were either yellow belly or not . Is is possible to get het yellow belly or am I missing something ?

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I may be wrong, but I thought it was co-dom too, so rather than "het" you'd be getting a "yellow belly sibling" where it was the outcome of a YBxYB, resuling in some normal looking snakes...

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Go with your gut reaction Nik, het yellow bellies dont exist. However yellowbellies can also be called het Ivories so perhaps the seller is just slightly confused. Personally i wouldnt touch it, a seller should know exactly what they are selling imo.

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i think he is refering to the sibs personally but i still dont wanna know !! Just thought i would see if there was something i was missing LOL

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1.1 jamaican boas(adults) + 11 babies1.1 angolan pythons(adults)1.1 kenyan sand boas(adults) and possibly some babies soon!1.1 het paid royals -cb082.2 fire royals1.0 yellow belly royal1.0 lesser platty royal1.9 normal royalsco-own 1.1 southern files(mehelya capensis)co-own several house snakesco-own 1.1 adult blackhead pythons

Unless hes mixed it up and meant to say het ivory is all I can think of

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yes its either a
het ivory or yellow belly or normal. sounds like some one got their wires crossed.

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impoissible i belive due to yellow belly being co-dom

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Either 'wires crossed', 'deliberate mis-selling' or, as I suspect, complete ignorance of simple genetics - an all to common issue with some breeders. I think all breeders have a moral duty to do some research and actually find out what they have, what they are breeding and why and the expected outcome. (thank fully many do and I know enough to only but from those that do)

I have in the past been told by quite respectable shops, that carry a lot of morphs and rarer snakes all sorts of rubbish re: genetics. (e.g. this is 50% het albino meaning if you breed it you will get 50% of your litter come out albino etc). Fortunately I know genetics, but I dread to think who many people fork out extra for normals (salmon sibs etc).

Don't get me started on Salmon phase boas that are cropping up on price lists at ten quid more than normals (is that a deliberate misleading trying to imply they are really cheap salmon hypos?) or 'Cooks tree boas' or 'red tail boas' or het pastel royals.

Inform the seller they are a muppet and give them a quick lesson in genetics.

Cheers

Andy

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