• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

What should I breed my amelanistic corn with?

cornscorpfrog

cornscorpfrog

Corns are the best
I have got a female alemelanistic corn snake and am going to buy a male corn in the summer so I can put them through a bromation period in the winter because I want to breed them next year.
I have wanted to breed her with a snow or ghost corn but don't know what species the offspring will be and if I will be able to sell them to pet shops for as much as pure almelanistic corns.
I would like to know any infomation I could get on this, and get some opinions of what you think I should breed her with.
 
I say holdup there...

cornscorpfrog said:
I have got a female alemelanistic corn snake and am going to buy a male corn in the summer so I can put them through a bromation period in the winter because I want to breed them next year.
I have wanted to breed her with a snow or ghost corn but don't know what species the offspring will be and if I will be able to sell them to pet shops for as much as pure almelanistic corns.
I would like to know any infomation I could get on this, and get some opinions of what you think I should breed her with.
Click to expand...

Before you go breeding it's imperative to understand just what you're doing, what you are producing and how to list them to sellers. Also understand that since you're 14 some pet stores might not be willing to buy snakes from you (the whole contract with a minor thing).

You need to understand some basic genetics to really be able to figure out breedings and what to pair snakes with.

You need to understand terms like trait, gene, locus, heterozygous and homozygous if you're going to understand what I'm about to tell you. You should look at the Genetics Tutorial at www.serpwidgets.com and the Genetics FAQ page on this website that I created with the help of many members.

How old is the female amelanistic cornsnake? How long is she? How much does she weigh?

If you want to produce babies that will either be all amels, or at least part amels you need to find a male that is either homozygous for amel or het for amel. The list is long ranging, but essentially: Snow, Blizzard, Opal, Butter or an Amel male (Sunglow, Reverse Okeetee).

Matching up the female with a ghost will produce all normals, those snakes being het for amel, anery, and hypo. Normals sold to the pet store will not sell for as much as amels will.

Breeding with a snow will create all amels het for anery. You need to understand that pet stores do not care about what a snake is het for, but only for what the snake looks like. Amels will fetch a higher price than normals.

Plan accordingly, and make sure that the pet store is going to buy from you before you breed and have 15 or so babies with nowhere to go.
 
details I forgot to give

My female alemelanistic corn is about 7-8 years old (I know that the breeding age is from 3 to about 10 years) and is a length of roughly 130cm or 51inches, I am not sure of the weight as I do not have any accurate way of weighing her but she is quite thick so it should be a good weight.

I appreciate your response, it has taught me a lot.
 
cornscorpfrog said:
My female alemelanistic corn is about 7-8 years old (I know that the breeding age is from 3 to about 10 years) and is a length of roughly 130cm or 51inches, I am not sure of the weight as I do not have any accurate way of weighing her but she is quite thick so it should be a good weight.

I appreciate your response, it has taught me a lot.
Click to expand...

I only asked the weight and length to make sure you were not breeding an undersized female. At 51", I highly doubt any female fed decently wouldn't be able to breed.
 
Hi Frog, welcome to breeding!

Joe's given you a good rundown on the basics but there's still a helluva lot more you need to know before you breed. Use the search function on the toolbar and go through old posts in the breeding section and you'll find a wealth of information usually brought about by a bit of theory and a lot of trial and error!

You have to think about lots of aspects such as incubating the eggs, dealing with stubborn hatchlings, etc and the more you know before you get into it, the less freaked out you'll be when dramas happen...and believe me,,,they happen!

I spent 27 minutes on my mobile phone in the supermarket yesterday settling down an aquaintence of mine because he was all freaked out about his 6 hatchlings that just came out...most of those 27 minutes were spent reassuring him that everything was totally normal and to leave the hatchlings alone to do their own thing...but to him in his uninformed position, it was all very freaky.

Save yourself the grey hairs and get to know as much as possible beforehand so that when things happen, you'll know why.

Good luck with your project, keep us informed,
A
 
I will learn as much as I can about breeding before I do next year but I will still buy a male corn snake "proberly a snow" later into the summer. In the books that I have read it says to breed your snake with anouther one that is the same age and size, could I breed her with a yunger corn (3 years yunger max, about 5-6 years old) thats about the same size?
 
you can put an 18 month old male with a 10 year old female and expect a successful mating. smaller males generally have an easier time manouvering around bigger females than visa versa. The rule for females is generally 300g, 3 foot and 3 years as a safety guideline but males can be a fair bit smaller.
 
bigger male

I have found a nice male snow corn 4 yrs old that I was thinking of buying to breed with my corn next year but it is about 60" and my female is about 51-52". I know you said that it is better to have a smaller male then female. Would they still be able to breed successfully with this size difference or should I try a find a smaller male?
 
Ah...I see now. A smaller male can get around better because he's less bulky, but that doesn't mean he'll be more successful at breeding her than a larger one. It just means he won't be begging you for an aspirin the next morning. ;)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top