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Kat
at Thu Nov 13 11:46:08 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Kat ]
I've got a pretty even male/female ratio in general... I don't like to get more than one or two snakes heavy in either gender. The biggest issue with keeping 1.2 corns is, what happens if your male dies or escapes? What do you breed with your females then? For any one cornsnake gene that I have in my collection, I try to have atleast 2 snakes of each gender carrying that trait. For example, I have 1.0 lavender, 1.0 amel het lav, 0.1 lav, and 0.1 normal dh hypo lav. If I were to lose one of my males, I could still produce lavenders. If I only had one male, and lost him, I would have to rush around trying to find someone selling lav males in the spring, or else not breed at all.
As for VMS Herps, Sean (the owner) is a nice guy and they're a good company to deal with. I've noticed a few inaccuracies in their morph descriptions (Ex: butter contains no Anery A), but their snakes are of decent quality in my experience, and they have one of the nicest tables when they do the show in Denver...
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RE: What size breeding group does everyone use? - Kat, Thu Nov 13 11:46:08 2003