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I Think She Is Ready for Breeding

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R&D1

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Its the first time for breeding corns and I think she is ready. She is 38 inches long, 305 grams and 2 years-10 months old. I was planning on breeding her the first week of June. She is still feeding heavily since brumation and was wondering if they ever slow down. What would be an upper weight for breeding? I hear a lot of 300 gramers mentioned so I take it that this is a good weight.
R&D1
 
300g is regarded as about the minimum so you're welcome to try for a 2006 clutch if you like. The other option could be to keep feeding her through the year, brumate her early (autumn/early winter) and then warm her up for an early 2007 clutch. That way you'll have another 150g or so on her to help her through the process.
 
Well, I think she definitely sounds good to go as far as the being over 3 feet, 300 grams.
# years old (3 is reccomended) is the other thing many people consider to be a qualification for breeding. I have also seen many experienced breeders say that size, not age, is the most important thing. I just bred a comparable snake to yours ( early '04, 370 grams, 3 1/2 feet) and will be posting more when she lays eggs. I didn't brumate mine, she has always been a good feeder and never refuses meals even when in shed.
If by upper weight you mean too heavy, I think you'd have to take into account that an obese snake would have poor muscle tone and be prone to egg binding. But a bigger snake could have x amount of grams and be in great shape, that on a smaller snake would be considered obese so I think the upper weight is like a sliding scale thing. Hope that makes sense :)
 
Thanks for your reply's. I'll have to think about this on which way to go.
Right now I am watching my 6 BP he incubator, they are due to hatch starting on July 12th. I also have to work on the breeding of the corns to work out with vacation.
Thanks
 
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