That question does not have one, easy answer. Corn snakes (both males and females) have successfully reproduced at 9 months of age. In corn snakes, size determines the animal's ability to reproduce, not age. Therefore, if you can get the snakes up to size, they can breed, irregardless of their age.

Which brings the question "What size do they need to be?" Most breeders like their corn snakes to be 3 feet, though they can breed at smaller sizes than that.

The "size thing" has been a topic of much controversy in the Kingsnake Forum, as folks have bred Cal kings at 18 inches. It would be reasonable to think that corns could be bred at that size as well. So when you ask "how big and how old," the actual answer would not be the recommended size that most corn snakes breeders use as a rule-of-thumb (36 inches).

While there are many people who feel breeding snakes at a smaller size causes excessive stress and perhaps a shortened life, there are others who maintain that in the wild snakes breed at small sizes.

Tim

Third Eye

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