The Spider Piebald Morph
The Spider Piebald ball python (usually referred to as a Spied) is a snake that has both the piebald and spider gene visibly expressed at one time. You may recall in a previous post that I made about Pieds I said that they are a recessive morph, so both parents must have the gene for the babies to have a chance at visibly expressing this morph. The Spider gene is a co-dominant or dominant gene and only one parent needs to have this gene and there is no way that a snake that doesn't look like a spider can be a spider, but a snake that carries the pied morph may be Het. pied because the snake must get the gene from both parents for it to be expressed.
Anyways, you get a Spied from breeding a spider het. pied to a pied or a het. pied. However, your best bet for a spied is for the parent without the spider gene to be a visible pied. This increases the odds that you can breed this snake exponentially.
Until next time, you guys have a great week!
