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Corn snake breeding

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AndrewBobDrew

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I currently have three corn snakes with a bought pair and another big one. I have been trying to debate whether or not my big corn is a female and after a number of hours on the net decided that it might be so I took my 200g male and added it to her cage(she is 450g). It took a few minutes for them to realise what was going on then the male moved in and the female was twitching(I don't know if this meant get away or come here) so for about 5-6 hours the male was following the female around. Whether there was copulation or not I have no idea as I went out. How many more times should I put them together. The little male seemed to hitch a ride on top of the female so I suppose it was mating. any advice? This must be a pair right?
 
It's not likely at all that a female would display dominance over another female (or a male) like that and unlikely that such a small male would dare to try to intimidate a larger male so you might be able to assume that they're a male and female as you thought.

'Hitching a ride' doesn't mean there was a successful copulation, if you can, search the viv for a slimey splotch of yellowish goop (take a guess what that might be!!!!) and if you find it then there is a good chance that they mated. It might be an idea to put the male in a large-ish viv by himself if you have the opportunity and let him get used to his territory and then introduce the female, the viv should be as simple as possible with newspaper for substrate, a heavy water bowl and a simple hide, that way you can keep an eye out for semen spills and doccument when mating occured so you can more accurately pinpoint when you think the eggs will come.
 
well there was definitely something on the floor but it looks more like crap than anything alse with a white lumpy thing that did look odd. Will put the female in the males cage tonight and see tomorrow. When I found them yesterday after a while the male was just in the hide and female outside, probably all tired out
 
I put the snakes together again last night and the little male would not let the bigger snake alone. However this morning their is no eveidence of copulation and last night for the first 10mins that i witnessed things there was no penetration.
1. Is the male too young (2ys, 1m, 200g)
2. Could it be that the big snake is male which seems unlikely cos it is over twice the size and besides trying to move away does not attack the other corn
2. should i just give it more time
 
It could just be the time of year too. Cornsnakes natrually breed early in the spring and are natrually winding down for brumation this time of year. Truly, I would wait until spring to try again IMO. You'll probably have better luck then as well.

~Katie
 
The male sounds to be of good size to mate and it can sometimes take time. I had one pair take 6 weeks to mate and with another pair I had no action for 5 weeks and then I introduced a different male and WHAM!!!

Just be patient and observant! -easier said than done!
 
i've known of muchsmaller males mating, but not often with big females. most of the time its down to an accidental mating between litter mates.
 
well it has been two weeks and my female has now gone into blue. Do you think there is a chance that she may be gravid? Should I wait and see or just put the male in there again after she sheds just in case she is not?
 
The first time that I put the corns togeter was on the 15th October. They were trying to breed but I did not witness it. So we are like 20 days on now and my female just went into blue again(did not shed a few days ago). This seems like its on track with laying schedule. Could this just be coincidence or is this bout right to maybe expect eggs?
 
Can you feel any eggs inside her? Does she look larger in the lower third of her body? Those are good signs to indicate she is gravid. Also, is she still eating well? Often a gravid female will go off feed when they get full of eggs because they can't easily pass the bulk of digested fod past the enlarged oviducts.
 
Well thought I would update on things. My female shed on thursday so that would be 26 days from the supposed copulation.

I also tried to put the male with her again just to see if she was still attracting him or not and the male was put off in a big way and it seemed terrified and was franically trying to escape.

I still cannot tell if she is gravid as she is quite plump at 450g. I put a nest box in the cage but you would say that its a playground cos she is in and out of it constantly, roaming everywhere and constantly on the move. By what I have read tese sound like good signs so I'm hoping
 
well my corn has not eaten since the 10th October but has actually gained 30grams over the past month so I take that is a good sign. Still hoping.
 
Perhaps she'll lay by the weekend by the sound of things!

Good luck there, you'll have some nice mid january babies if that's the case.
 
Totally fine!

If you have the lay box in there for many weeks, the pattern you'll most likely find in the females behaviour will be something like...still....still....stilll....still...still...FRENZY OF ACTIVITY...still for a bit...EGGS!

She's probably just making sure it's just right for her precious eggs. Good luck
 
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