[First, I would like some information about breeding that I can not seem to find on websites - specifically size in order to breed safely. I have 4 corns, 2 male 2 female. One of the males and two of the females I have had since the summer of 04. The one female is getting very large. She is a creamsicle and is about 3 ft long and about an 1 1/2 inches in diameter. I don't have a weight on her - I need to pick up a scale. She has just gone through an amazing growth spurt in the last few months. She eats 2 mice or 2 rat fuzzies a week. I know for balls they have a rule of thumb for female size/age. Is there a corn rule of thumb for a females size before breeding? How about a males?]



Three foot is good starting breeding size for females & males (as long as they are well fed, which yours is of course) I've had a male that successfully bred that was only about 30" long before, but I generally wait til' they're (females & males) all at least 34" long to be safe.



[Second, I have a snow corn that is just beautiful. His color keeps getting better and I have compared it to pictures and it looks a lot like a bubblegum snow. What makes his color different? Is there something specific in the genes or is it random? Do they pass this on - like a bubblegum snow is more likely to produce bubblegum snows?]



Hmmm not sure about that one, unless I had information on the parents & grandparents genetics'.



[Lastly, my smaller male (early 05 hatchling) has a beauiful aztec pattern. He is amelanistic (red albino) and the red and white color are awesome. Is the aztec pattern genetic? If so, it is co-dom or recessive? I have been able to find little about this.]



Not sure about that one either, unless I had info about its' parents at least, but in my case (with my breeder pair of okeetees) I always have a few to pop out with both: A partial aztec look, and a partial zig-zag look, while most of the babies are normal, all-blotched looking individuals. (Here's my okeetee breeding pair I was referring to



Zee



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