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I have two corn snakes put together to breed. Both snakees have been bred before. I have not witnessed any breeding with these two, but today I found this (pictured below). It looks like a massacre. Neither snake has any injuries and does not appear painful. I have never had any blood left behind after a mating. Any ideas.....??

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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"Life is Killing Me"

Well, now you can offically say that you have seen blood after mating!

~ Mike

I've seen blood after mating MANY times. It's USUALLY come from the female where it just seems the spikes on the hemipene scratched her up. This isn't always associated with a female that isn't ready to breed, so keeps crawling away from the male while they are locked up. Also, it doesn't seem to be more common with virgins than "experienced" breeders. It is possible that it is more common with larger males bred with smaller females, but I don't have enough personal data to support that possibility (or to refute it).

All of the above aside, I've never had THAT much blood following a breeding. It looks like you had a nose bleed in the cage! Since liquids smear on paper, it is likely that it LOOKS worse than it actually is - I hope. I don't keep my corns on paper, so I end up finding stained litter that doesn't "look" like much blood. That could be why yours looks worse.

Just watch for problems, and if none develops, I wouldn't worry.
Good luck,
KJ
KJUN Snakehaven

Yes I've had it......not often.......and all was well......you should be ok.........
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on a very interesting and messy/yucky hook up. i'm glad you or lil J didnt observe this one yuck! i can just picture your face when you first saw it. hehe. congrats though. is it your first corn hook up? and how are those beardies???
~kin
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~Sober Serpents~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude) [just a pet...she started it all]
1. Orange normal (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
2. Miami Phase part zigzag (Starkey, Mcvitty)[Emilys F2]
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury) .1 Blizzard (Detta)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy) [Emilys F1 babies]
1.1 Sunglow Amel (NO NAME, Pepperoni)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss HET Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Hypo HET Stripe (Gracie Lou) 1. Hypo Stripe (Gideon)
1.1 Anery HET Motley (Lleroy, Persia)
.2 Candy Cane (Peaches HoneyBlossom[Just a pet], Tamale)
1.1 Abbotts Okeetee (Albert[Charlottes son], NO NAME)
1.1 Snow (Crickle, Isis) .1 Green Snow (Maya)
1. Caramel poss HET Butter (Topher)
.1 Anery stripe (V) [husbands snake...he named it]
.1 Orange Reverse Okeetee (Lonna)
1.2 Bloodred HET Amel 1. Amel HET Bloodred

Others:
1. Black rat (Willard)
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)
1.1 High-white Reverse Spotted Cal King (Wishbone, NO NAME)
.1 Albino Stripe Cal King (Eve)
.1 Banana spotted/stripe cal king (Speckle) Thanks Jeff!!!
1.1 Thayeri (Giuseppe[MSP], Cheyenne)
1.1 Creamsicle HET Motley(Orangejello, Genevieve)
1. Creamsicle motley (Montey) Thanks Jimmy!!
1. Albino Striped Jungle Corn (NO NAME)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LIZARDS~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 Blizzard Leopard Gecko(Blitz)
.1? High yellow Leopard Gecko(no name)
1. Bearded Dragon (no name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (Snappy Jaws)

I am pretty sure I found this very shortly after it was done. Most of the blood was still moist. It was my third corn lock up (that I know of), and one since. Both the male and female appear fine today, no swelling. I still have a few females that I do not have confirmed breeding on. One of those is the bloodred female that I have been looking forward to seeing babies from!!
the bearded dragons are due in about two weeks. I have another clutch that is due a couple weeks later. I had to seperate the male to stop him from breeding the females too much.
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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"Life is Killing Me"

>>the bearded dragons are due in about two weeks. I have another clutch that is due a couple weeks later. I had to seperate the male to stop him from breeding the females too much.
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>>****Misty****

Men! They're all alike!

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I am so not lesdysxic!

0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake "Yolanda"
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake "Steely Dan"
0.1 Desert Kingsnake "FATTY"
0.1 Black Rat (WV Rescue) "Roberta"

Yup! much agreed! lol. Does not matter the species. Only one thing on their mind!!
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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"Life is Killing Me"

Glad everything worked out OK, good luck with all your future projects.
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Arlon Delorge
Classic Constrictors