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Okay, no "I told you sos" on this one... Yes, I keep my corns together. I haven't got alot of room, and I like to keep my snakes in generous enclosures, so I had the females in one cage and the males in another... or so I thought.
Well, as I was getting excited about breeding some of my snakes for the first time this year... and calculating the various genetic mixes I wanted to get... and trying to figure out who was up to breeding this year.. I stumbled upon a small butter corn {who I considered too small a female to lay eggs and wasn't going to breed) doing it with my amelanistic female. Well, originally I wanted to match her with the snow, but then I realized the snow male is in with the butter "male" who I just realized must be a female, since I bought the two butters as a breeding pair. So now I'm playing damage control, letting the butter male breed with the butter female and amel female, while the snow gets the miami phase female. Of course at this point I have no way of really knowing who the real father is when these girls lay eggs. The babys born normal will all be het for something, while there's a small chance I can differentiate between the butters' offspring... whether it's snow or butter. The interesting question to you breeders out there is: are snakes made infertile once they've bred successfully, or, like cats, can their offspring represent the genetic make up of numerous fathers? In any case, let this be a lesson to y'all

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np

You can probe,you can pop,you can scale count,and there are always a few that end up surprising you.That's one of the reasons why we say keep them seperated.The only reason to keep snakes together is to breed them.PERIOD.For now seperate them and hope she didnt get fertilized.Also if you dont have a reptile vet now is the time to find one,not when she is egg bound.Good Luck....Paul.

The interesting question to you breeders out there is: are snakes made infertile once they've bred successfully, or, like cats, can their offspring represent the genetic make up of numerous fathers? In any case, let this be a lesson to y'all

Think cats.

The best laid plans of mice and men.... Good luck.

Paul Hollander

once an egg is fertilized its sealed,but remember corns have many eggs so i see it possible that #2 male could also fertilize some eggs. Chris