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They pooped on eachother

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coronadrinker85

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Hey guys/gals, Fred got the go ahead from the vet this past weekend. So we put him and Kaa in a container Saturday for a while then again today.
Well today Kaa pooped in Freds direction and Fred retaliated by pooping on Kaa. WT* is this behavior all about?
 
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In my experience, which, granted, isn't a whole lot compared to some people, if the snakes aren't showing interest in 15 minutes or so, they aren't ready. I'd give them 30 minutes or so, and if no interest, try again in three to five days.

But wait- if you're in California, this is not the right time of the year for breeding cornsnakes. Usually we start after brumation, in January or so, or after the first very early spring/late winter shed if not brumated. Your female has no reason to be ovulating now.
 
yeah, the vet said it was a long shot but it would be ok to put them together and see if any fireworks happened. I was just going to give a shot because if it didn't work in going to get a male that has genes that will work better with kaa. Thanks
 
Must admit, there's been the odd blind date when it would have been a useful strategy for getting away...
 
Nanci said:
In my experience, which, granted, isn't a whole lot compared to some people, if the snakes aren't showing interest in 15 minutes or so, they aren't ready. I'd give them 30 minutes or so, and if no interest, try again in three to five days.

But wait- if you're in California, this is not the right time of the year for breeding cornsnakes. Usually we start after brumation, in January or so, or after the first very early spring/late winter shed if not brumated. Your female has no reason to be ovulating now.
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This isnt 100% true 100% of the time. Its kind of like Sex Panther Cologne, 60% of the time, it works 100% of the time.

I put a very late pairing together in june, i think, to see if i could salvage my very crappy breeding season. (i got over 40 slugs from 4 different girls. it was all my fault) Anyway, i put the pair together for one night only and the male showed no interest for the 10 minutes that i watched them. I decided to leave them be anyway. 2 weeks ago or so, she ovulated. Shes currently in her lay box getting ready to turn blue.



To answer your original question, OP, they both sprayed feces to warn the other to stay away. Its like a defensive thing.
 
IME corns just LOVE to poop in a new environment as soon as introduced. I don't know if it has to do with excitement, marking territory or defense, but it seems any time I put a corn into an unfamiliar place, I can expect it to leave me a present within 10-15 minutes.
 
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