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I have a male corn who's lived by himself all of his 4 years. I am getting a female tomorrow. I can get her an enclosure, but I was just wondering if she could live with him or not? She is the same size and I do want them to breed.

Becky

It can stress them out to live together. Plus you will not want to put a new acquisition in with your male corn right away, you'll want to quarantine it until you are sure it is healthy and pest and parasite free.

~Sasheena

>>I have a male corn who's lived by himself all of his 4 years. I am getting a female tomorrow. I can get her an enclosure, but I was just wondering if she could live with him or not? She is the same size and I do want them to breed.
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>>Becky
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We posted kind of at the same time LOL

Sasheena made a good point also. I notice little tension between adult corns housed together especailly if they are a 1.1 pair and close to the same size. I have 4 corns that live together (2 in one tub and 2 in another) all eat with great appetites and have never had any problems. One is a 1.1 pair and the other is a 0.2 pair I am going to seperate the male from one pair and the female from the other and house them together as the two females from each pair are now gravid A good thing to note is the personality, if both snakes are docile then they should be fine. Also if you notice that one snake is stressed out and not eating i would seperate them. Hope we helped
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Oh yeah, I know about quarantine...just forgot to mention. Haven't met the female yet, but the male has always been very docile with me anyway. He has never bitten me, and only strikes during mating season when he's mad at me for not giving him a girl LOL Hopefully this will make him happy. I'm excited to meet the girl. They are both normals so I am also excited to see if either of them have some cool traits to pass on to their babies. I have a male ghost too, I will be getting him a girl someday, but he is a little young....although he doesn't seem to think he is

Becky

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If you are housing them together, be very careful about reintoducing them after a feeding. I have heard of cases where one corn constricted another because it smelled like a mouse. IMO, housing a pair together is possible but housing alone is best. Especially during breeding season. Of course like most men, corn males will not be satisfied that one, two, three, or more breedings is sufficent. If you have them together he will pester her constantly even after she is already gravid. This will put even more stress on her at a time her body is already being stressed to the max. She will probably also be very uncomfortable laying her eggs. Females like to be totally secluded during this time and if they don't feel safe they will be frantically search for a way to escape instead of settling down in their nest box to rest and prepare. This much stress at that time can really effect the health of the female and can cause egg binding. So it all depends on if your asking "What can I get away with?" or if your are asking "What is ideal?".

Since she is new you must remember to quarantine her or risk losing both to an unsuspected disease. After quarantine (1-6 months->i use 1-3 months) then yes she can be housed w/ him as long as the cage is big enough. Good luck!
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~~~Amy~~~
my zoo LOL
corns
1.0 amber(?)-Phoenix 1.0 sunglow motley-Eli 1.0 ghost-Alex(kinked) 0.1 charcoal-Siva 0.1 caramel het butter-Kilowea 0.1 snow-Zhaneel 0.0.1 butter-Xanthe
leopard geckos
1.0 hypo tang-Pablo 0.1 normal-Valentine
others
1.1 dauchshunds 1.0 cat 0.1 wolf spider 2many.2many mice
My Photos
My E-Mail

Hello

I was wondering if you can clarify the ?.? lingo thanks

male.female.unsexed

Examples:

3.2.4 means 3 males, 2 females and 4 unsexed.

0.1 means 1 female.

Do you use this lingo for what you are housing in a cage or by what sex of morphs you have?

It's just a general thing...I could say I have 3.2.1 corn snakes, 1.0.1 normal corns, or a group of 1.2 mice in a tub...the context should tell you what is meant.
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