Two questions

Hey guys,

I've read lots about brumination, but how likely is it that a pair
of corns would breed without cooling off? I'm not terribly
interested in babies anywhere in the near future -- if a pair
of adults were kept under summer-day-length lighting, in
a consistantly warm tank, am I 90% "safe"? 95? Less?

Also, some of the talk about putting two males in with a
female (not, presumeably, at the same time) has me
scratching my head. How do you predict the prodegeny if
two males bred the same female? Is the second male most
likely to father the clutch, or the first? Does it matter how
long the second male was put in the tank after the first
one finished? Do 1/2 the hatchlings turn out with father 1,
and half with father number 2? Or is it always a random
mix?

What about three males?

Hmm. That might be more than two questions. Ah, well --
thanks for your time and patience.

Cheers,
TS

Some corns breed without a brumation period, some don't; it varies a lot from snake to snake. If you don't want babies DON'T house a male and a female together.

If you mate a female with more than one male you can't predict anything. This method is usually used by hobbyists who aren't bothered about what genes they get. Double clutches often occur when more than one male is used. After the first male has been mated then you normally allow a few days before another mating occurs.

Neil