I've had a female for a long time(she's adult) and recently want to breed her and get some cute little babies for my all my friends. SO i found an adult male at the pet shop and put him in with her yesterday and watched to see if they'd be ok with each other and the male didn't seem to move much while the female stayed in her hide box then next thing i know the male tries crawling in with her sending her into this jerky cycle then they start going all over the cage making these pulsing motions intwining together for like 10 min which to me looked like they were gettin it on. but idk, i read somewhere that thats just stress, i'm new to this. I was planning on letting them live together. can i do this? and still get eggs in march? or should i separate them and never let them live together but only let them mate in the spring? thnx
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- Thread starter Divado7
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Snake Dave
Schrödinger's cat
Your last option would be the best. You should seperate them for numerous reasons but in this case it would be that you wouldn't be able to plan anything. As with all animals Corn snakes lives are determined by the seasons. If you are planning on breeding next season then I'd HIGHLY recommend brumating them.
Brumation is the reptilian equivilant of hibernation. What you want is predictive dormancy as opposed to consequential dormancy. If you are planning on breeding then you'll need an incubator, books and homes and food for the hatchlings.
The intertwining and jerky movements are signs of mating. This means that she could already be fertilised. Don't panic, although you can mate Corns any time of the year due to the stable conditions, it's not recommended.
What I'd do now is to seperate the two, and simply wait. The problem being that normally when preparing for breeding the snakes are fed huge amounts of food to build up their fat reserves, especially in the case of gravid females. You should provide an area of damp moss soon so it gives the female a place to lay her eggs if she is fertilised. This should take around 4 - 6 weeks.
However, looking at this again it could be potentially dangerous. Just carefully monitor your snakes behaviour and keep us posted.
All the best
David
Brumation is the reptilian equivilant of hibernation. What you want is predictive dormancy as opposed to consequential dormancy. If you are planning on breeding then you'll need an incubator, books and homes and food for the hatchlings.
The intertwining and jerky movements are signs of mating. This means that she could already be fertilised. Don't panic, although you can mate Corns any time of the year due to the stable conditions, it's not recommended.
What I'd do now is to seperate the two, and simply wait. The problem being that normally when preparing for breeding the snakes are fed huge amounts of food to build up their fat reserves, especially in the case of gravid females. You should provide an area of damp moss soon so it gives the female a place to lay her eggs if she is fertilised. This should take around 4 - 6 weeks.
However, looking at this again it could be potentially dangerous. Just carefully monitor your snakes behaviour and keep us posted.
All the best
David
