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We acquired our first snake (a BP) in '07, and our first corn in '08. Before the end of '08, we'd decided we wanted to do some breeding and acquired mates for our original 2 girls. But then...well, life happened. There have been lots of delays in our breeding plans (mostly personal type stuff...

I have a female that was bred for the first time this year (first snake breeding for me!). I'm afraid she may be going to double clutch. I know she either will or won't and I can't control that. My reason for posting is mostly to get input on how best to care for her to help her recover and...

Here are some pics of a snake I purchased as an amber motley. However, as she gets older the dark lines around parts of her pattern are becoming more prominent, and I'm beginning to doubt the hypo part. She's a 66 gram female. One thing that doesn't show up very well in the photos is the...

A while back, I took one of my snakes to the vet for an RI. (thread here if anyone cares: http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134894) Part of the conversation was about general husbandry stuff, and in general they thought I was doing everything just right. There was just one...

I've got a pair that I've put together 4 times now, and seen a lock and evidence afterwards each time. The first 2 times they were very obviously interested from the moment I put them together, and the last 2 not so much, but did lock up within 30 minutes. The female is now showing subtle...

The female is ready but the male doesn't mate with her? I'm thinking that if you keep pairing them, she's likely to get to the right stage for mating again later in the season. Sort of like double clutching, but you just miss the first one? I think my female is ready. She shed yesterday, and...

I may be adopting an RTB from someone who is moving out of state unexpectedly. I've kept BPs and corns for about 7 years now, and RTBs have been on my "I'd like one someday list" but I really haven't researched it because I didn't expect "someday" to turn into "this week" as quickly as it did...

Here's the basics. I purchased a couple of corns around Jan 20. Due to weather they have not been shipped yet. The seller and I have communicated via email about once a week and agreed to wait each time. This Saturday, Feb 15, the seller emailed me indicating a desire to ship this week as...

I think one of our corns may be developing an RI. If so, I'm pretty sure we caught it early. Right now, she occasionally makes a wheezy sound when breathing that could almost just be a quiet hiss. But this snake is a real sweetie, so I'm pretty sure it isn't a hiss. There have also been a...

I am hoping to find an adult male corn that carries the bloodred/diffusion gene, and hopefully some other genetics as well. Things that I am most interested in are charcoal and/or lavender, but the only absolute requirement is bloodred. Let me know what you have!

One of our snakes has totally freaked me out. Short short version: I picked him up in the process of cleaning his tub, he struggled & flailed around like crazy, pooped on me, and then his body tensed up TOTALLY into a kinked mess. I thought he had died. Then I saw he was still moving a...

to see if I remember how to include photos...

It seems to be a pretty universal recommendation that before breeding females they should meet the rule of 3 - 3 yrs old, 3 ft long, 300 grams. I've seen some people say they prefer to wait for males to get this big also, but others say 2 yr, 2 ft, 200 grams is enough for males. Since as I...

What does every one use for hides for new hatchlings? When we got our first corn, we used the smallest planter saucer we could find, 4" I think. But our first corn was already several months old, and our new hatchling that is a month old today looks small enough that I think he'd be happier...

Recently the ice corns have really been catching my eye. They are lava anery, right? So I've gotten curious what lava charcoal or lava lavender would look like. Can anyone share pics? Also do these combos have a trade name?

I know some of you use ASFs for your corn snakes. How well does that work out? Are newborn ASFs small enough for new hatchling corns? If not, would it work to feed only a head? Or maybe alternate head one feeding, remaining body the next to be sure the snake is getting the right nutritional...

I've been planning for a long time to got a male corn this year to be able to breed to the female we got last year when they are both big enough, so I already have an enclosure set up for it. But now I'm getting so excited about it, I'm considering adding another female as well. What...

I keep getting different answers on this one. I know it is ok to pop new hatchlings. Is there a time when cornsnakes get too old, too big, too strong, or whatever to pop? If so, is it likely to injure them if you try, or are the results just less reliable because a male can be strong enough...

The FAQ says "Bloodred is not truely a single recessive gene as it is co-dominant to it's wild-type." How so? What can you see in a het bloodred to distinguish it from a normal? And if it is distinguishable, how come I've seen some "possibly het bloodred" snakes for sale?

I have a corn that is from a breeding of a bloodred het charcoal to an okeetee. Mostly I think of her as just het bloodred phet charcoal, but I wonder what being half okeetee will do? I assume that since okeetees tend to have richer reds & oranges, that this snake should show that tendency...