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Controlling Temperatures Whilst Breeding

Gripz

Gripz

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Hello, i want to breed my two corn snakes for the first time (my first time at breeding as well), i have read all the breeding care sheets etc and i know what months to do what things but how should i control the temperature of my snakes without spending loads of money? The websites i have read all say stuff like set the temperature to a certain temperature but doesnt say how.
 
The temperatures in your corns vivs should already be at the correct temperatures to breed them and to even incubate the eggs. The only time the temps would be different is when they are brumated during the winter, and in England, the usual outside temps should be more than cooperative for you (unlike me here in Florida). Just find the place in your house that stays around 50-55°F and put your snakes there.

If you're having trouble regulating your UTH/heat tape in your snake's vivs, this thread should help you build a rheostat at minimal cost: http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93490
 
Agree with Susan - temps don't have to be anything different than normal for breeding. Cool end at about 75 degrees, warm end around 85.

Brumation isn't vital for breeding. I've bred for years without brumating. However, it does give you more control over when the adults are ready to breed and makes the process a bit more predictable.

If you're thinking about breeding next year, then it would be worth checking out the market for Corns in your area over the next 2-3 months when hatchlings will be appearing in earnest. The market for Corns is very slow in the UK at the moment and you need to make sure that you're breeding a morph that you can sell.
 
thank you for the information susan, and bitsy, so you dont do anything differently for the brumation period?
 
I did not not brumate, but then this years clutch was an oops. However I have no plans to brumate either. Just too much trouble for my circumstances. I'm in MO, and the way my home is I have no place that gets cool enough with the rest of the house being warm enough, and if I put them outside they'd freeze. Its a catch 22, they freeze alone or we all do. ICK. Good thing they will breed anyway lol!
 
bitsy, so you dont do anything differently for the brumation period?
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I have mine at the same temps all year round, in my lounge.

For healthy adults, I take feeding down to once every three weeks during the winter but that's more about ensuring that they don't get overweight.
 
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