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Breeding
- Thread starter Kejen
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bitsy
Owned by Corns since 1991
Lights have nothing to do with breeding, so you don't need to worry about that.
The main things before putting a male and a female together are:
1) The female should be 3 years old, 3 feet long and 300g in weight. This is to make sure she is mature enough and healthy enough, so that forming and laying the eggs won't harm her.
2) The male should be about the same size as the female, so that he won't get hurt if mating is rough. His age is less important than his size, because he doesn't have to lay the eggs.
After mating, you will need to give the female a laying box (essentially the same thing as a humid hide) and you will need an incubator for the eggs (an insulated box with a controlled heat source).
You will need housing, heating and food for the hatchlings. You should also know that you can find homes for any hatchlings, before you even put the male and female together. Hatchlings can be expensive to keep if they aren't sold after two or three feeds, and you won't get much money for Normals (which is what you'll get from mating an Anery with an Amel if they have no hets).
Again, I recommend that you buy Kathy and Bill Love's book, "Corn Snakes - A Comprehensive Owner's Guide" which includes a very good chapter on breeding, incubating and looking after hatchlings.
The main things before putting a male and a female together are:
1) The female should be 3 years old, 3 feet long and 300g in weight. This is to make sure she is mature enough and healthy enough, so that forming and laying the eggs won't harm her.
2) The male should be about the same size as the female, so that he won't get hurt if mating is rough. His age is less important than his size, because he doesn't have to lay the eggs.
After mating, you will need to give the female a laying box (essentially the same thing as a humid hide) and you will need an incubator for the eggs (an insulated box with a controlled heat source).
You will need housing, heating and food for the hatchlings. You should also know that you can find homes for any hatchlings, before you even put the male and female together. Hatchlings can be expensive to keep if they aren't sold after two or three feeds, and you won't get much money for Normals (which is what you'll get from mating an Anery with an Amel if they have no hets).
Again, I recommend that you buy Kathy and Bill Love's book, "Corn Snakes - A Comprehensive Owner's Guide" which includes a very good chapter on breeding, incubating and looking after hatchlings.