hybrids

[pdrsnakes]

How do you breed cornsnakes and kingsnakes together? I thought kingsnakes eat other snakes :shrugs:

 

[Jynx]

They do. It is a tricky process sometimes. I always use a male cornsnake and a female kingsnake pairing. I try to pair them when the female is ovulating, which, is normally pretty obvious kingsnakes. I first pair the male cornsnake with a female cornsnake that is receptive. He will pick up on her pheremones, and get into "breeding mode." I don't let them actually copulate though, I switch females. If the female kingsnake is ovulating, she too will be giving off the "ripe and ready" pheremones. They won't be as effective alone, but since the male is already itching to go from being with a female cornsnake, and has not been able to copulate yet, he pretty much won't care. There have been instances where I've actually had to hold a female kingsnake, and it is definitely possible for the female kingsnake to turn on the male cornsnake... so always proceed with caution. This also happens with a kingsnake to kingsnake pairing as well though, not just with a kingsnake to cornsnake pairing.

I'm sure others have different methods, but this method has been successful for me and for mnany others as well. Hope this helps.

 

[pdrsnakes]

Ok thanks, because I thought the cornsnake has to be bigger so it wouldn't be eaten. I'm gonna try to breed my 2 corns first.