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Breeding age

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  • 05-05-2009, 07:41 AM
    crescend
    Breeding age
    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!?!?!
  • 05-05-2009, 10:45 AM
    Blue Apple Herps
    Re: Breeding age
    Three feet and three hundred grams, and I don't breed until their 3rd winter.
  • 05-08-2009, 05:40 PM
    cornmorphs
    Re: Breeding age
    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.
  • 05-08-2009, 06:03 PM
    mainbutter
    Re: Breeding age
    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.
  • 05-10-2009, 10:48 PM
    jordy1380
    Re: Breeding age
    How large do the males need to be before you should introduce them to females? Do you follow the three rule again for them?
  • 05-11-2009, 12:37 PM
    Blue Apple Herps
    Re: Breeding age
    I usually like to shoot for 200g+ with the males. They can breed as small as 100g, but usually fertility is reduced.
  • 05-16-2009, 08:33 AM
    cornmorphs
    Re: Breeding age
    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.
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