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Males and breeding...
- Thread starter Neil
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Jr Nimeskern
Snake lover for lifer
2 years is fine but it really depends on his weight and length I usually judge the males on there length since its alot quicker... I usually will breed the males when they are 36in long... this will usually take a corn 1 1/2 years to aquire...
Jr Nimeskern
Snake lover for lifer
Yes I judge my females on their lenght and their weight... But I mainly use the length to justify if I breed them this year or the next! I would say that 36in would be a very reasonable length... but it also depends on how fat she is... and how well she seems to be taking in food!... but I wouldnt try breeding any females shorter the 36in it could cause some very deadly side effects!
Kat
I'm talkin' to YOU.
If you're going to breed a male, you probably want to breed him when he's 3 feet long or so, and atleast a year old. That having been said, this year I bred both a 3 foot hypo and a 32" (at the time) anery to my female, and only the anery sired any offspring.
As far as males go, if they're roughly 3 feet and if they seem genuinly interested in the female, go for it. Breed multiple males as some might not be very fertile.
For females, no shorter than 36", and you do want them to have good weight and muscletone, else you run a high risk of egg-binding and/or nutritional deficiencies. NEVER breed a sick or anorexic snake.
As far as males go, if they're roughly 3 feet and if they seem genuinly interested in the female, go for it. Breed multiple males as some might not be very fertile.
For females, no shorter than 36", and you do want them to have good weight and muscletone, else you run a high risk of egg-binding and/or nutritional deficiencies. NEVER breed a sick or anorexic snake.
I'm looking forward to my currently ~22" male normal stripe to an amel in the spring. Unfortunately, I've recently heard that normal stripes have terrible fertility rates. 
The female is going to be bred by my striped male and another amel male. I get to keep any normals that hatch out of that cross.
He'll probably be big enough by next spring right? I've decided to skip brumating him this winter.
The female is going to be bred by my striped male and another amel male. I get to keep any normals that hatch out of that cross.
He'll probably be big enough by next spring right? I've decided to skip brumating him this winter.
Neil
Senior Member
Iris: I've been thinking about your normal stripe and the low fertility rates. The cooling period encourages spermatogenesis (sperm production) so you'd probably have better chances with brumation. Of course, you could still give it a go without a cool period and see what happens but it may be an idea for the future.
bmm
New member
what
Do you think of just lowering temps for a couple weeks before season? Or is a full brumation needed?
As I have posted before I cannot brumate my corns here at this point without a large amount of hassle if its possible at all where I live right now. So I am planning on NOT brumating but I want my chances of fertility up and someone suggested they only "cool" them down a couple weeks, like in the 60-70's for two or three weeks (no food of course) and then warm them up and they have had good luck.
I do not know if this is healthy or not? Or if it even works. ?
bmm
Do you think of just lowering temps for a couple weeks before season? Or is a full brumation needed?
As I have posted before I cannot brumate my corns here at this point without a large amount of hassle if its possible at all where I live right now. So I am planning on NOT brumating but I want my chances of fertility up and someone suggested they only "cool" them down a couple weeks, like in the 60-70's for two or three weeks (no food of course) and then warm them up and they have had good luck.
I do not know if this is healthy or not? Or if it even works. ?
bmm
This is just a guess, but I think it wouldn't really work. the temps wouldn't be low enough for the snakes' systems to really shut down, so they'd be partially active and HUNGRY. It would probably be a better idea not to try to brumate them at all.
Yeah, Neil...I was thinking about that too. I'm feeding him more than ever (1 crawler every 3 days) to see if I can get him up to 3 ft before December rolls around and if he does, then I will brumate him. If not, I'll keep feeding him over the winter and in the spring I'll try him.
Yeah, Neil...I was thinking about that too. I'm feeding him more than ever (1 crawler every 3 days) to see if I can get him up to 3 ft before December rolls around and if he does, then I will brumate him. If not, I'll keep feeding him over the winter and in the spring I'll try him.