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upcoming breed... expertise needed

QuesarVII

QuesarVII

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Hello all,
I have had snakes for about a 2 years now, and I now want to start breeding.. I have read a lot.. and want to verify my info before I begin..

My snow corn (female) is just shy of 3 feet right now.. I'm not sure of her weight just yet (I will be weighing her next time I go to my friends house).. but she is pretty thick.

I think she is big enough to breed.. or will be by the time I'm ready to brumate her..

She could take a full mouse without a problem.. but I've been feeding her 2 good size hoppers since that's all I have right now...

I plan on putting her into brumation in about 8 weeks..

I want to check if all my info is correct.. I dont want to be killing any babies or hurting the mom!!

For an incubator->I have read that a simple incubator can be made with a heating pad/thermostat, a plastic shoebox, and moist vermiculite. Is this an acceptable incubator?

Just how long should I brumate for. I have read anywhere from 1 month to 3.. with 2 months being the most commonly read..

Pets
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4.4 Gerbils (pets.. not food.. fiance)
0.1 snow corn -- Opal
1.0 miami corn -- Orion
1.0 Gray rat -- Gandalf
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa -- Penny
 
Your female sounds large enough to breed.
Since your location isn't shown, I'll just talk about what I have done, which is fairly standard for the southeast U.S.
I've already put my corns into brumation, but this is only the 2nd year doing so this early. In the past, I've stopped feeding about this time and start cooling at the end of November. I brumate (still do) for 2 months. Warming up starts in early February and feeding usualy resumes mid-month. (2003 will be in January to early February...I've done this to get earlier hatchings so they have a bit more time to get started before I sell them) Mating can start as early as March, but April and May is more common. I still have females that will wait until then even with the earlier brumation. These dates fairly coincide with what happens in the wild here in Florida.
Your incubator sounds about right, but I'm not an expert for that. I use a more simpler method. Since my reptile room is kept at a fairly constant temp range (upper 70's at night and mid-80's during the day), I just leave my plastic shoeboxes with the eggs in moist sphagnum moss on a shelf in the room, misting the moss when needed. Some breeders do the same, but in their normal room temps (as long as they're not like my husband who thinks 65 F is comfortable...I don't tolerate this and keep the house at a constant 76-77 F). The slightly lower temps just mean that the eggs take a bit longer before they hatch. The main thing to avoid is too high a temp. Incubating eggs that get to a temp of 90 F or higher, even for only a few hours, can be fatal. That's my main problem here during June - September when the outside temps get into the 90's and higher. My reptile room, although insulated, is not hooked up to the central heating and air conditioning. Heating during the winter is no trouble, but cooling during the summer can be a problem if my husband or one of the children close the door into the reptile room by accident. I may have to buy a small window unit for that room since my 3 yr old son is now into closing every door in the house every time he finds one open. (Not fun when I'm carrying 50 pound bags of rodent ovals into the house and finding a closed door when I just left it open. Luckily, he hasn't figured out how to turn the dead-bolt.)
Hope I've helped a little, and good luck!
 
In my opinion I would say that a female weighing 100 grams is to little for breeding as the breeding is extremely stressful.On another note. I have a female snow that is 2 yrs old and she is eating weanling rats every 7-10 days. She weighs 320 grams. I am going to breed her this spring.
 
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