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dbullz111

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i want to build my own rack system and I want to breed snakes and i want to see them all hatch and i want to have a lot of snakes but i dont have room in my house to do so..AND im in college so i would have to wait a few more years before starting......im so sad :(
 
Does your college have a biology department that maybe breeds snakes? You could volunteer there for now.

You should start out with one snake, raise it from a hatchling and see if you are still interested in breeding in three years when it is old enough. You will learn from this experience and all the while researching breeding corns. You may end up finding it isn't for you, but if it is you are fully prepared. It isn't something to jump right in to even if you had the room.
 
my college does have the facility but they dont have a herpetology department..even though its smack dab in the middle of northern california....i have a male 7-8 month old normal(carolina) corn and i absolutely love him to death...so much so that i wanted to get a mate for him so that i could start breeding them when they were old enough..possibly a snow or reverse oketee or striped anery or something..i just want to see babies hatching! :(
thanks for the advice though :) i will do that
 
Check with the biology department faculty. Even if there isn't a herpetology department, it doesn't mean a professor isn't a herpetologist. We just spent the weekend field herping with two biology professors-both are herpetologists by specialization, but both actually teach general biology and pre-med classes because that's where the jobs were.
 
Sometimes, you can rent a storage space with electric. I sometimes because most of them will not allow pets. I had a friend who had a large set up in his rented storage unit. It was right around the corner from his house.
 
Also, before just jumping into breeding, it's not a bad idea to make sure you can find homes for all your babies. We've seen a lot of enthusiastic people get out of the hobby after taking care of racks of babies they can't sell. And with normals (and all common mutations) it's difficult to break even breeding. The cost of heat, mice and labor is more than the value of 20 baby corns in most cases.
 
Chip said:
Also, before just jumping into breeding, it's not a bad idea to make sure you can find homes for all your babies. We've seen a lot of enthusiastic people get out of the hobby after taking care of racks of babies they can't sell. And with normals (and all common mutations) it's difficult to break even breeding. The cost of heat, mice and labor is more than the value of 20 baby corns in most cases.
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yes I agree wholeheartedly with this, I don't even have my first snake but I know for certain that I am ill equipped both financially and time wise to deal with a bunch of babies that if I can't find homes for ( and face it, as an unknown breeder I wouldn't be able to sell them for any real amount of money ) that I wouldn't be able to take care of properly.

If I want to "see babies hatching" I would bug one of the breeders here that is close to me to see if I can sneak a peek when theirs is hatching.
 
Chip said:
Also, before just jumping into breeding, it's not a bad idea to make sure you can find homes for all your babies. We've seen a lot of enthusiastic people get out of the hobby after taking care of racks of babies they can't sell. And with normals (and all common mutations) it's difficult to break even breeding. The cost of heat, mice and labor is more than the value of 20 baby corns in most cases.
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^This. Not to sound like a defeatist but it pains me every time I hear/read of someone with minimal keeper experience wanting to start breeding. There's a LOT that goes into it, from husbandry costs, care, and finally placing all of the result. So again, I don't want to crush any hopes or dreams, but if you are serious about the idea, please be smart about it. Research, don't be frugal, and try to plan ahead as much as possible.
 
Sounds like you have some time to plan. Corn snakes can be a tough market, as a LOT of folks seem to breeding corns. I cut my breeding's down to just one pair this year, and I knew ahead of time that there was interest in the possible babies.

Learn all you can and enjoy everyone's projects while you're in college; you'll be better equipped to start projects then :)
 
dbullz111 said:
i have a male 7-8 month old normal(carolina) corn and i absolutely love him to death...so much so that i wanted to get a mate for him so that i could start breeding them when they were old enough.
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Well, that is good news, you will have about two and a half years before you can start the breeding process. Until then, absorb as much info as you can, and save your money! You won't make any money off of breeding them, and you may be having to play parent to a lot of babies for a long time. Fortunately snake college tuition is not like people tuition!!! :)
 
HAHA thanks guys, I will try and learn as much as I can about corns and my new-found love for them will push me :)
 
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