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I have a young pair and was wondering whats a good size and weight to start breeding these guys?
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3.4.2 eggs leopard geckos
1.2.8 eggs Pictus Geckos
2.6.1 eggs Western banded geckos
1.1.0 Desert Rosy boas
1.0.0 Nelson milk snake (het albino)
1.1.0 Mexican Black King Snake

Depends upon who you ask.

I'm planning on breeding mine when the females are 30 inches - either they will or won't. They may breed smaller.

Generally if you keep them warm and feeding first winter and brumate them second winter, they are at least 30 inches and very well may breed that spring.

Some will attempt smaller and have had success, some prefer 36 inches.

The cornsnake people seem to like 300g for corns but I don't know if there is scientific method involved in picking that number or if it just sounded good.
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11.14 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
2.3 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
1.1 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus nasicus (W Hognose)
4.2.14 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

for me i am waiting for my pair to be right at 3 years old. while everything has met in good weight and healthy then i will go ahead and start breeding my pair. so really i am waiting for some of my snakes to hit 3 years old then i will get to work but that's me.

that bring me to my question that i always had wonder....say i have a pine snake that are close to 5 feet long and they normally reach little over 5 foot and if bred will the snake still grow?

Ive always been told and read that you should go by the weight and not the length. I dont know how true this is. Does anyone know a good length and weight to go by for MBK?
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3.4.2 eggs leopard geckos
1.2.8 eggs Pictus Geckos
2.6.1 eggs Western banded geckos
1.1.0 Desert Rosy boas
1.0.0 Nelson milk snake (het albino)
1.1.0 Mexican Black King Snake

If the female is overweight - it can (or so I've heard) cause problems with egg laying.

I'm not sure going by weight alone is good.
Or it could be 5 feet, meet the weight guidelines, but be super skinny because it just fought off a series of infections.
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11.14 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
2.3 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
1.1 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus nasicus (W Hognose)
4.2.14 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)