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can these breed, and how?

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Randy D

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hi, i'm new to these forums, and i've had a ghost corn snake thats a female for about 2 years, she's 52 inches, and i've had a regular male corn snake for about a year and he's about 39 inches. my question is pretty simple, can these two snakes breed?, are the sizes right?, can the morphs mix? what will come out? what morph name, and what colors will they be?

and this is going to need a long long long response.. how can you breed corn snakes? i have no experience with breeding anything at all.. how do you do it?
 
they need to be 3 yrs old and 300 grams someone corect me if im wrong but you will get normals 100% het for ghost
 
Yes they can breed and the female sounds more then big enough. I'm not going to go into the breeding process since there is alot to learn, instead I'm going to tell you the same thing I was told.
Go to cornutopia.com and purchase the book called Corn Snakes: A comprehensive owners guide, it will be one of the best purchases you can make.

You would probably just get normals from the breeding unless both snakes have a hidden het in common.
 
ditto on what waldo said.. unless your snakes have a similar hidden het, your snakes will look like the male but carry the gene for the ghost morph. How about some pics of your two. I have the exact opposite of you.. I have a 7 year old male ghost corn and an 06 normal female. I have no idea of any hidden hets so eventually when the female is ready for breeding i'll test them out to see what happens. And yes, definitely get books. it does help.
 
can you huys tell me if i'm right.. i've been going to sites, and this is what i've come up with..:

don't feed female for 2 weeks so food doesn't rot in stomache, then put in small tank at 50-60 degrees for 3 months, then give her some smaller meals, and then introduce her a week later into the males tank, then he will rub his head on her, do this one time, give her a day off, then do it again, give her a day off, then do it once more making a total of 3 times to make sure her eggs are fertilized., then put her in her tank at 80 degrees, have her lay eggs in a breed box full of moss, then take the eggs out and put them in an incubator at 80-85 degrees full of really wet moss, and feed the female really small meals because she is weak, then when the eggs hatch leave the snakes in them for 2 days till they come out, put them in little containers and feed pinkys every week or so. once they've eaten 3 tmies i can sell them.

now is everything here correct? do i really not feed her for the 3 months she's in the cold tank?

and how much money would i get per snake if they are male- normal, and female- Ghost. can i get some exact prices that are fair plz.
 
waldo said:
Go to cornutopia.com and purchase the book called Corn Snakes: A comprehensive owners guide, it will be one of the best purchases you can make.
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This is excellent advice
 
There's quite a bit more involved in it. If you get the book you'll have a good grounding in all aspecs of care. If you just want to search this site's old threads and FAQs it'll be a start, but not really a recommended way to jump into breeding. There are things that can go wrong (like egg-binding) that can be difficult or expensive to deal with.
 
There's quite a bit more involved in it. If you get the book you'll have a good grounding in all aspecs of care. If you just want to search this site's old threads and FAQs it'll be a start, but not really a recommended way to jump into breeding. There are things that can go wrong (like egg-binding) that can be difficult or expensive to deal with.

I couldn't have put it better myself.

can you just tell me if i'm right or not..

This sounds to me very much like impatience - and there is no room for that in breeding corns. You need to research properly, especially in Kathy Love's book - you can't just get easy answers like that. But the answer to your question is that you don't need to brumate (the term for keeping the snake in a cooler environment for a while - not necessarily three months as that's a point of view - one reason we're asking you to do LOTS of research). You can breed snakes without brumation.
 
alright, well is this book sold in store?, if it is i will check it out at Borders, but if it's just online.. can't do it, i've had terrible experiences with buying stuff online.. so i just don't do it anymore.

can you tell me how long they have to brumate then??

sorry to be so pushy and impatient, i just have some reasons why i need to get my snakes to breed fast..
 
Most good herp shops that sell corns have it.

and make sure its: Corn Snakes: A comprehensive owners guide
not Kathy Love's other book: Corn Snakes: The Complete Owner's Guide

Both Books are outstanding but for what you are asking the Comprehensive guide is the way to go.

If you have the cash get both its worth it!
 
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