Recessive ball python gene
Toffee Ball Python: Genetics and Pairing Odds
Toffee is a recessive gene. A ball python needs two copies to look Toffee; with one copy it looks normal and is called het Toffee. Pair two hets and about a quarter of the babies are visual Toffee, while the normal-looking siblings are each 66% likely to be het. Breed a visual to a normal and every baby is het, which is how most Toffee projects start.
In Lock and Lay, Toffee can't be bought at the start. It turns up only as a spontaneous mutation, from a lucky egg, and the first breeder to hatch one gets their name on the discovery board.
What Toffee pairings produce
| Pairing | Babies, per egg |
|---|---|
| Toffee × Normal | 100% Normal het Toffee |
| Het Toffee × Het Toffee | 75% Normal 66% het Toffee25% Toffee |
| Toffee × Het Toffee | 50% Normal het Toffee50% Toffee |
| Toffee × Toffee | 100% Toffee |
| Het Toffee × Normal | 100% Normal 50% het Toffee |
Try Toffee pairings yourself
Put any two animals into the ball python morph calculator for the full odds, hets and supers included. Or breed Toffee ball pythons in Lock and Lay, a free ball python game where every clutch follows these same odds and the babies sell on a live market.
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