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I have 6 adult corns in my classroom. Last year I had only one successful clutch. How long should I leave the male with the female? Should I rotate the males between all the tanks? My females are just about ready to shed.

Thanks!

Brian

Brian,

I am in a similar situation. I have fourteen corns that are a part of my class' genetic unit and our class pets. After hibernation, my first female just shed and I plan to breed her this week. I have heard that a three day rest period is best for males but that some may need more rest.

What level do you teach and how do you incorporate the snakes into your class? I teach 7th grade science in a district that is located just south of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

I have a website, check it out. The address is too long for the link feature on this site (school server requirements).

www.caledonia.k12.mi.us/middleschool/gradelevels/7th/petrosky/snakewebsite/kmmscornsnakegeneticsproje.htm

Duane

I just checked ur link and just wanna say to you both keep it up. I could only wish i learnt anything about snakes through school.
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1.1 Columbian red tails (Zeus, Athena)
1.1 Corn snakes (Appolo, Boreas)
0.1 King snake tri striped cal morph (Helios)

Duanne- I teach 5th grade. Currently I have 10 corn snakes, 4 Bearded dragons, 1 Mali Uro, 1 Russian Tortoise, 2 Leopard Geckos, 1 tree frog, and a colony of cockroaches in my class. I teach the children the basics of each species and proper handling and sanitary considerations. In addition, my students go to others classes in our school and give lessons on my reptiles. This year I was going to take a jab at the genetic aspects of the breeding.

Last year I had 18 babies hatch and I gave 14 of them to students in the school. This year I hope to give a lot more! I am going to go check your website now.

Thanks for the advice!

Brian

I forgot to say I am on Long Island.

I do not mean to offend, but not too long ago, someone posted about a teacher who had 6 corns and gave away the offspring to the students. This person stated that the conditions that the snakes were in were horrible and that the teacher gave out care sheets that had some major wrong info on it.
Do you all remember that?
This just sounds kinda familiar. I hope that it is not you, and I am not saying that it is, either. Like I said, I hope I don't offend anyone. For all I know, the other poster could have been lying and no names were mentioned. I think it is just kinda funny to have two different bits of info come at different times and be close! Its just my observation
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Stress is when you wake up screaming and then you realize that you haven't gone to sleep yet.

2.3.0 bearded dragons
0.1.0 water dragon
1.3.0 leopard geckos
12.20.0 corn snakes
1.1.0 jungle corns
2.3.0 king snakes
1.1.0 false water cobras
1.0.0 royal (Ball) pythons
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa
1.0.0 Sinaloan milk snake
0.1.0 Tri-Hybrid milk snake
0.1.0 rat snake
0.0.2 prairie ringneck snakes
0.1.0 chilean rose hair tarantula
1.1.0 emperor scorpions
1.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrots
0.1.0 German Shepherd hybrid dog

No offense taken! Unfortunately, I do not remember that post and will try to find it and read it. However, that was not me. All the snakes I gave out were healthy and in good shape. I had one baby that wouldn't eat and I posted about that one baby. I tried everything and then some from brown bags to force feeding. Unfotunately, that little guy didn't make it. He lasted about4+ months on basically nothing. The care sheets I gave out were pretty basic and I believe all the informatin was good - I had no questions. I also keep in touch with the students and monitor their snake's progress.

One of the big themes I preach is responsibility to my class and all other classes. 2 of my beardeds were rescued, my tortoise was rescued, and 2 of my corns were rescued.

I take this very seriously (too much for my wife - lol) and I pay for everything out of my pocket. I do not get a single cent from my district. As a result, I emphasize responsibility to my students!

Thanks for your concerns.

Brian

ps- I always put my name on my posts

Glad to hear it. As I said, I was just putting two distant bits of info together.
I have been out of school for quite a few years, but also wish that I had a teacher back then that had pets in the classroom. I probably would have gotten into snakes a lot sooner! I know most schools won't pay for anything like that and teachers are not swimming in money! LOL. It is good that there are passionate people out there.
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**********Misty**********
Stress is when you wake up screaming and then you realize that you haven't gone to sleep yet.

2.3.0 bearded dragons
0.1.0 water dragon
1.3.0 leopard geckos
12.20.0 corn snakes
1.1.0 jungle corns
2.3.0 king snakes
1.1.0 false water cobras
1.0.0 royal (Ball) pythons
0.1.0 kenyan sand boa
1.0.0 Sinaloan milk snake
0.1.0 Tri-Hybrid milk snake
0.1.0 rat snake
0.0.2 prairie ringneck snakes
0.1.0 chilean rose hair tarantula
1.1.0 emperor scorpions
1.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrots
0.1.0 German Shepherd hybrid dog

No offense taken either. I haven't produced any snakes yet, hopefully this year will work. I have several local pet stores and a monthly reptile sale that I plan to sell my snakes at in order to raise enough money to feed my collection and update equipment.

I have students that are interested in purchasing snakes. I plan to require a parent permission slip, proof of proper housing before selling to any students and will provide a care sheet ( I plan to make my own version of the sheet that I received from Kathy Love when I bought my snakes from her). Since my students are quite involved in the care of the snakes I feel confident that given the proper housing conditions and parent support the snakes that I sell to them should do well.