Breeding age

[crescend]

I have a question concerning the age/weight for breeding of a female corn. What is the optimal age/wt to begin breeding a female corn? We have a 1 1/2 year old female at this time, and are concidering breeding her in the future if we can locate the "perfect" man!?!?!

[Blue Apple Herps]

Three feet and three hundred grams, and I don't breed until their 3rd winter.

[cornmorphs]

I dont go by the rule of 3... i have found over years of breeding that corns will breed when ready.
I dont for one minute believe that they can rape each other, so if the female isn big enough,she simply wont breed..
I have had one eggbound, a 600 gram female.. for me this is too big, i like mine to be more slender, around 400 grams but will go down to 250 if the underbelly is strong enough..
Have a nice amount of egg in the incubator, so hoping for some real stunning stuff this year.

[mainbutter]

The rule of 3s(3 yrs/300g/3 ft) is a good estimate for breeding age/size requirements, but no two snakes are equal and it takes experience to learn the particulars of different snakes of the same species.

[jordy1380]

How large do the males need to be before you should introduce them to females? Do you follow the three rule again for them?

[Blue Apple Herps]

I usually like to shoot for 200g+ with the males. They can breed as small as 100g, but usually fertility is reduced.

[cornmorphs]

my smallest ever was 80grams, but that was total fluke.. funnily enough tho, all eggs wre fertile and all hatchlings ate 1st go and lived.
i have used a few smaller males this year, smallest at time of mating was a 147 gram boy.. smallest successful anyway.