GitaBooks
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We have 2 Corn snakes, a male and a female named Jack and Jill. The past three or so years we have put them together in the spring to breed. We got eggs twice (none of them hatched, but I think we incubated them wrong) and the last year we didn't get any (but we had just moved and that may have stressed them).
Anyways, this year we put them together April 14 and separated them April 26. I'm not sure if they bred or not, as the room Jack is in tends to be colder then what she is use to and has a very different light cycle. Since she has gone back her behavior has been kind of strange. She usually is very shy and never comes out, but she has been very active and moving around, like she is hungry or looking for food. I had just cleaned the cage but I hadn't washed her hide so it still smells like her. We tried feeding her the next day after she was back and she killed the mice very quickly like she was protecting her cage from them, and left them both (she did the same thing after laying eggs, when she was defending them).
Do you think she is hungry? Gravid? Or trying to find Jack again because they never bred?
I've kept her heat light on all day and night to make sure she is warm enough, and she seems to be comfortable (stays in the hide under the heat light). She also has a "nest box" that is kept moist and part of the cage is covered so she feels secure (since she is on the shy side). She has a 50 gallon cage with three hides.
Thanks!
Anyways, this year we put them together April 14 and separated them April 26. I'm not sure if they bred or not, as the room Jack is in tends to be colder then what she is use to and has a very different light cycle. Since she has gone back her behavior has been kind of strange. She usually is very shy and never comes out, but she has been very active and moving around, like she is hungry or looking for food. I had just cleaned the cage but I hadn't washed her hide so it still smells like her. We tried feeding her the next day after she was back and she killed the mice very quickly like she was protecting her cage from them, and left them both (she did the same thing after laying eggs, when she was defending them).
Do you think she is hungry? Gravid? Or trying to find Jack again because they never bred?
I've kept her heat light on all day and night to make sure she is warm enough, and she seems to be comfortable (stays in the hide under the heat light). She also has a "nest box" that is kept moist and part of the cage is covered so she feels secure (since she is on the shy side). She has a 50 gallon cage with three hides.
Thanks!