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Ok, a short background. I've had a few BPs in the past but always wanted a boa. I shopped online for a week or so looking for something in my price range that I liked when i happened to walk into Petco the day they marked down a year old boa from $169 to $45 so i bought him right then and there because, why be patient and have to wait for FedEx AND pay like 5x that much?. Now i know the stigma attached to Petco and honestly he (i assume he) was nippy and was pretty wrinkly. Anyway, i got him home and over the past few months ive got him nice and hydrated again and hes doing fine now that hes in a cage alone.
Now that I've got a few years of experience under my belt with snakes and have a bit of extra room, money, and most of the materials for a rack system, I want to breed him next year some time. Being a Petco snake hes of course normal but from what i understand alot of these "pet shop normals" are randomly Het. for some fairly cheap morph simply because they come from huge breeders that have way to many Het. [insert $150 snake] listed and sell these in bulk to the bigger pet stores.
My questions are: Are Petco/petstore normals common to have unknown Het. traits at all? If so, what are they most common for? (cheap common morphs? or just the luck of the draw?)
I ask because, either way over the next few months im going to be looking for a 100% het. female around 3ish years old and if i could narrow down the possibilities of my normal male it could guide my search and increase my chances of producing something the first go around.
if not ill likely just produce some Het. babies i find interesting my first season and try to produce something visible down the road.
Now that I've got a few years of experience under my belt with snakes and have a bit of extra room, money, and most of the materials for a rack system, I want to breed him next year some time. Being a Petco snake hes of course normal but from what i understand alot of these "pet shop normals" are randomly Het. for some fairly cheap morph simply because they come from huge breeders that have way to many Het. [insert $150 snake] listed and sell these in bulk to the bigger pet stores.
My questions are: Are Petco/petstore normals common to have unknown Het. traits at all? If so, what are they most common for? (cheap common morphs? or just the luck of the draw?)
I ask because, either way over the next few months im going to be looking for a 100% het. female around 3ish years old and if i could narrow down the possibilities of my normal male it could guide my search and increase my chances of producing something the first go around.
if not ill likely just produce some Het. babies i find interesting my first season and try to produce something visible down the road.
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