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We put our snow corn snakes together. Checked them 5 minutes later and there was a large amount of blood. I checked both snakes and couldn't tell where it came from. No wounds on the body but a little blood around the openings. No prolapses hanging out...but there was a lot of blood. The male had been bred to a different female 4 days prior.
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4.10.0 Corn Snakes
1.1.0 Black Milk Snakes
4.5.1 Ball Pythons
1.1.0 Mexican Black Milksnakes
1.0.0 Yorkshire Terrier (Ragnar)
0.1.0 Kenya Sand Boa het Snow (Moo)
0.1.0 BCI (Annabelle)
1.3.0 Mice
0.1.0 Girlfriend (Alex)
1.0.0 Unborn Children

Not unusual at all-nothing to worry about...
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

I've seen this sometimes with some of my pairs. It freaks me out every time. When I see this it's usually a lot of blood and a lot of semen, in the same spot.

I remember asking this question last year. One of my amel males hooked up with a classic female. I did come home to alot of blood dried and had to clean the entire cage the top and bottom levels. But both snakes were fine i have been told it is common with corns.
Tom

In my experience, these result from the male.
I have been thinking that it is when the male is not fully inside the female. He then swells the hemipene (by sending bloodflow to it) A vessel may rupture, resulting in the bloody breeding, but not really hurting the snake.
Just a thought

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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"Due to intense Mind fog, all thoughts have been grounded."

the above pics are an aftermath. Here are pics of a mating in the process. Sorry for the poor quality. Was trying to take the pics fast!

The next three seem to show the blood coming from the male

This picture shows the male's hemipene outside the female. He is no longer locked

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****Misty****

www.sneakyserpents.com

"Due to intense Mind fog, all thoughts have been grounded."

Thank you to everyone that replied. It makes us feel a whole lot better. This is our first time breeding corns.
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4.10.0 Corn Snakes
1.1.0 Black Milk Snakes
4.5.1 Ball Pythons
1.1.0 Mexican Black Milksnakes
1.0.0 Yorkshire Terrier (Ragnar)
0.1.0 Kenya Sand Boa het Snow (Moo)
0.1.0 BCI (Annabelle)
1.3.0 Mice
0.1.0 Girlfriend (Alex)
1.0.0 Unborn Children

Misty thanks for posting I was pretty sure you had pics on the subject.
Tom