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If I wanted to try for a double clutch next year (never having done so), what would be the recipe for success? Feeding tips, calendar charts, anything is helpful.

well, first of all the female would have to be healthy enough to have a 2nd clutch. weight around 250 grams is good for a 2nd clutch if she has meat on her bones(sorry southern wording). feed her really well after the first clutch and usually a 2nd breeding after the 1st lay isnt necessary, but you can do it. But its really up to the snake... i have a first timer girl this year throw a 2nd clutch who i really didnt want to 2nd clutch. they were all slugs, but i personally dont like to double clutch 1st timers.

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I think some snakes are "pre-programmed" to double clutch, while others are less inclined to do so. This does not seem to matter much on the conmdition of the female or if she's had a second breeding after dropping her first clutch of eggs (corns are perfectly capable of producing two fertile clutches with only one breeding).

I've seen a lot of skinny females have a second clutch and a lot of females with plenty of size and weight only produce one clutch per season.

Double clutching isn't really something you "try for" but rather something the snake does. It does make sense to keep breeders as well fed as possible, because even snakes that you don't want to double clutch will sometimes do so.

Tim

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Thanks guys, sorry I'm little late in responding back to you.

In my ignorance of corn snake breeding, I was under the impression that double clutching came from a second pairing later in the season. I have two great males and one unproven male. Sometimes I'm never sure which females I want to pair them with. Choices, choices!

sometimes you can try a 2nd male, but they might not always take. Like this year i tried to double clutch my greenish tinted snow and even put her in with a male... after a successful hook up- 9 slugs. So you never really know what will happen...
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