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carol
at Wed Dec 17 17:10:10 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by carol ]
It is ultimately up to each individual what they do. The have the rights to turn thier corns into belts if they so choose. I keep most of my collection alone and encourage others to do so but I have kept some sucessfully together. My whole take on the situation is; It is the right thing to do to warn people what CAN happen. So at least thier decision can be an educated one. With my first corn pair (before I found forums and such), I was told that it would be perfectly fine to house them together and there would be no problems. When I asked about them breeding too early, I was told that male cornsnakes are infertile unless you brumate them and the female would not get pregnant(gravid). Needless to say, within a year I was heart broken with a dead eggbound pet. If I had any idea this could have happened, I would have NEVER kept them together and I wish someone had told me the risks. On the bright side, I hatched four healthy babies out of the eggs that did make it out and it started an out of control love for breeding the darn things. I just like to tell people what could happen, I believe it is the fair thing to do. If someone asked about it and we all said "Fine go for it, some people say it's bad but they're just uptight", and that person happened to be really attached to thier pet and ended up losing it to complications due to housing together, I sure bet they would be wishing someone warned them. I sure did. But I agree, once someone has made thier educated dicision, they do not deserve to be slammed for it, it's really none of our business. 
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I agree....also long - carol, Wed Dec 17 17:10:10 2003