That's what I thought too. Here's what she said on facebook:Originally Posted by Annarose15
That was from Wendy Henderson (Wendhend here on the forums). She's got a lot more experience in breeding corns than I do. The only reason I asked about her possibly being receptive is that before I went out of town, I was cleaning cages and threw my male in with her (they are next to one another on the rack and I usually clean racks in rows) thinking both of them were too young to breed. However, the male was very interested in my girl and was trying to court her. That's what made me wonder if she was ready for breeding.Corn snakes will normally shed their skin right around the time they ovulate and are ready for breeding right after that happens in the spring. Whether I brumate them or not, they pretty much ovulate in the spring and lay eggs by late spring or very early summer. You often can palpate the individual follicles inside a corn that has ovulated if you run slightly pinched fingers down her lower body. They feel like a strand of pearls. Ovulating corns don't look like they swallowed a football or anything, but you can usually feel their follicles if you try. If you can feel them on your girl, go ahead and put a male in with her and see if he is interested. It might already be too late, though, unless that interest you mentioned was very recent. Some corns will lay their slugs, and others will reabsorb them. They normally do a fasting period, but if they are not bred well before that begins, then it is usually too late to get a get a fertile clutch.
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