most people aggree 3 years old is the best age for females to breed. Although some will breed a large two year old. it is not wise to breed less than that. I agree with Duffy, you are taking a major risk. If the female is too young, it will stunt her growth and she has a much higher risk to become egg bound! This could lead to death. So you ask if it is a big deal, YES it is!!



Seperate them. There are tons of reasons to not co-habitate corn snakes. Draybar has a big posting on it.



I would think that if you have kept corns "for years" you would have done some research in this area. This is most likely going to be the advice that you get from this forum. Not that I speak for everyone, because I do not. Seperate enclosures just seems to be the general opinion, along with not breeding yearling females.



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