All about gecko hets

[Reptile Gem]

So you're wondering what the word het means and what it's all about, this is a short explanation on what a het is, what it means and how they work. Het means that the Leopard Gecko has that specific “color trait” in its blood Albinism is recessive. So, if you were to breed a normal gecko that has no albino in it with an albino, all the babies would look like your normal standard Leopard Gecko also know as a Normal or High Yellow. BUT the majority of these will now carry the genetic code for albino. So's to keep the theme here we'll use albinos as the example again.: if two hets of the same type were bred together, you would mostly likely end up with at least 1 x 100% albino offspring., because the het from both parents are both albino. If you breed one of those het albinos back to a normal, the offspring would appear as normals, but carry the het for albino gene thus beginning the cycle once again. Het is a term that is short for heterozygous. If a Gecko is het for albino, for example, then this is a normal looking Gecko which carries the gene for albinism. If a het breeds with another het or an actual albino, some of the babies will be albinos. So, to sum it all up in an easy to understand sentence - het is the term used for a geckos 'color history' in its genes, and has little to do with its outward appearance although in some cases hets are known to show through using expressive patterns or markings. I hope this makes some sense and gives you a better idea, this applies to all hets even Geckos that have more than one het the difference with those is that the more hets you have bred with the same ones (For Example :- Patternless het albino het blizzard x patternless het albino) the odds change from 1 in 2 to as much as 1 in 10 depending on the amount of color genetics that can be combined.