First off, I did do research. Read the Corn Snake Manual by Bill and Kathy Love.... Read about twenty websites on Corn snake care, and talked to several people in my area including a long time breeder who supplies the pet stores in my area with their neonates before I purchased the corns. I was pretty much told that as long as I didn't brumate the snakes, then the chances of them mating were very low, seeing as how without brumation, the female would most likely not even go into ovulation. Didn't read anywhere about the possibility of snakes mating without brumation.



Second, if I thought for a second that there was a chance of this happening before the snakes were in breeding condition, do you think for a second I'd have put them together? I'm not an idiot, afterall, and knowingly putting the female at risk would be pretty much throwing away the 100 bucks I spent on her and college kids ain't quite rich enough to do that.



And third, I'm glad to hear you screw up sometimes too. From your first post, I was worried that I had inadvertenly pissed off the herp hobby God.





For all of the helpful advice that's been posted, thanks. And I have seperated the snakes as of last night when I first saw them breeding. Didn't think it'd be a good idea to keep her in there anymore.



And for all of the people thinking to flame me for this, let me save you the trouble. I've been beating myself up over all night. Whatever you have to say to me wouldn't matter a bit, so keep it to yourself. I'm looking for help, not criticism. For all the would be critics out there, hopefully you'll think back to before you became Herp Hobby Gods that are perfect and remember that everyone makes mistakes. If not, then I think a healthy 'up yours' is in order.



David.

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