Ya,

I am one of those who fall under the cautious heading.

My preference is to postpone breeding until the female is 1800 - 2000grams minimum.

Not a huge number of years behind me in the B.P. breeding, however, many with regards to the corn snake.

Again I prefer to wait until the corn female is around 500 gram.

Although the ever quoted mantra jumps to mind " All the 3's" - i.e. 3 foot length, 3 years old & 300 grams

I consider the age of the animal to be relevant as I feel the 3 years allows for the individual to, not only, sexually mature, but, also, mentally mature.

The other words of wisdom are quite optimistic as a 300 gram female corn is not a large animal.

One previous poster suggested that to wait another year is not a bad thing in a Breeding Programme & I agree with this statement.

A larger female, whatever the species, should provide a larger clutch of eggs & that is definately worth the wait.

I would stress, however, that each indivdual will make up his/her own mind as to the time to breed a female B.P.

There is a risk inherent with any breeding be it animal or human.

Lex