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Basic Qustions about breeding

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coralife205

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I have 1 Normal Cornsnake and 1 Upper Keys Cornsnake....they are both about the same age and size. The Normal is a Female and the Upper Keys is a male.

They are both about a year and a half and are aproxmetly 30 inches long....

Im asumeing they are way too young to breed, but I honestly dont know, which is why I am asking?

Do I need to wait another year before they will be ready to breed, or can I start prepareing them for brumation?

If they are ready, are there any good websites / books out there that I can read to educate my self on how this is all done?

Some of my qustions are:

when would I give them there last meal?

should there last meal be smaller/biger than normal?

when should I put them in the same cage--before or after--the brumation

etc...
 
Personally I'd wait another couple of years but that's just me. I could quote a guideline for females of "3 years old, 3 feet long, 300g weight" but there are plenty of people who can fill you in on the shortcomings of blindly accepting that.

A female needs to be strong enough and healthy enough to stand the rigours of egg formation and laying. That happens at different ages, lengths and weights depending on the individual snake. Some will be younger or smaller when they're ready, some will need to be older or larger. Weight needs to be toned muscle, not fat - breeding a flabby 500g female can be more dangerous than breeding a nicely-proportioned 250g female. Some Corns are from naturally smaller bloodlines and will be safe to breed below the "three guidelines".

I've not had many Corns die over the years, but I've lost more to egg-laying complications and post-laying problems than any other causes, so I've learned to be cautious. Even an apparently healthy female can be put through the wringer by the process.

Good books would be the ones written by Kathy Love and Don Soderberg. Either one will cover all basic aspects of Corn husbandry comprehensively - including breeding. Buying them both will give you a great all-round view.
 
Thank You! I will wait then before i make an attempt...

i honestly was hopeing to make a few bucks... lol (not to make it sound like i neglect the animals well being, fyi)
 
Both of your animals are normals. You will probably spend more money incubating and feeding them than you could get selling them.
 
Agreed. It was very difficult to make money breeding Normals even when the market was good. Now that the market for Corns has slowed to a crawl, you'll be unlikely to come out of it with a profit. Worst-case scenario is that you won't be able to sell them at all and you could end up with 10 extra snakes to feed.

As an example, I wholesale mine and I still have four from 2009 that my usual buyer couldn't take. Caramel Motleys and a Butter Motley as well.

This is definitely the wrong time to breed any type of Corn for profit, least of all Normals. Sorry.
 
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