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Earlier this year I had a Happy accident, I did not prep my corns for breeding and they did anyways, I made up a nest box and ended up hatching 18 eggs at 45 days.... anyways I just wlaked by my corn snake enclosure and sure enough they are at it again, it hasn't even been a year since the last time and again, there was no prepwork, no brumation. just 2 snakes sharing a 60 gallon sized wood and glass enclosure. Is it safe to breed more than once a year?
here are a few pictures.

here is my pair, not sure what strain but I know they have to both have bright oranges with little to no browns.. Hypo? okeetee?

here is the first breeding

that resulted in 15 of these

and 3 of these

and here is what I find tonight on my way through

Corns will breed with no prep. Esp if they are housed together all the time. I bred 2 of mine this past spring. No cooling or anything. Just put the female in with the male an they were going for it. My female laid 2 clutches. She was thin after that an very hungry. I imagine your female would be stressed laying eggs all the time. Cool looking babies you have there.

Snakes can double clutch (lay twice in one year) if they are well fed and have good body weight. If the female is acepting the males advances then she must have enough weight on her to produce again.

Just be sure to feed her as much as she wants. And expect a smaller clutch as second clutches are almost always smaller.

Happy hatching,

A
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1.0 BP Nicodemus
0.4 Cal Kings 3 alb 1 het Dora Queen Ace Pearl
2.0 Alb Corn Bizaar Elixir
0.0.1 Rev Alb Nelsons Oden?
0.0.1 toad Jabba