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I recently purchased three ghost corn sub adults, all three are 36 in maybe alittle longer ( 38 maybe) in legnth but were rather skinny when I recieved them. they are eating a mouse every 4 - 5 days sometimes two mice depending. ( more often than not its one mouse ) what weight should the females be going into the cooler to breed sucessfully after they warm up? I hope to cool them in november, warm in february ,so I can have the 1st clutches by the end of april. My hondurans need to be 400g or so going into brumation to breed ok in the spring.
Also at what temps do you incubate corn eggs 80 to 82 like the hondo's? 74 - 75 will work with hondo's but takes longer and no temp fluctuations. Is it the same with corns?
Thanks
Chris
CDWhisman@comcast.net

>>I recently purchased three ghost corn sub adults, all three are 36 in maybe alittle longer ( 38 maybe) in legnth but were rather skinny when I recieved them. they are eating a mouse every 4 - 5 days sometimes two mice depending. ( more often than not its one mouse ) what weight should the females be going into the cooler to breed sucessfully after they warm up? I hope to cool them in november, warm in february ,so I can have the 1st clutches by the end of april. My hondurans need to be 400g or so going into brumation to breed ok in the spring.
>>Also at what temps do you incubate corn eggs 80 to 82 like the hondo's? 74 - 75 will work with hondo's but takes longer and no temp fluctuations. Is it the same with corns?
>>Thanks
>>Chris
>>CDWhisman@comcast.net

My first breeding experience will be comming in the spring also but from what I have read I would say at least 300 grams on the female weight and although I have seen many arguments on proper temps for incubation, I will be trying to maintain a temperature as close to 82 degrees, as possible, when I incubate eggs.
I normaly let posts like this go to the more experienced but it didn't seem as if anyone was going to respond.
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