at what age do you (anyone) breed your corns? 2.5 years seems about right to me, but i have heard of people breeding them at 1.5 years and i can't imagine that. my 2001 corns will hopefully breed next sping and i feed them on average more then twice a week. p.s. i will probably not cool them this winter in an attemp to grow them even more.
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griffindor
Jul 05, 2003 10:50 AM
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pinatamonkey
Jul 05, 2003 12:18 PM
The corns I bred this year were 01s. The female was born mid-July. I fed them about every 5 days until they were around a year old, and then fed once a week. She was a little over 3 feet and around 300 grams when she bred in March. She seemed to put more weight on relative to length compared to my other corns. If she was smaller, I would have waited. The male was a later 01, and he was 34"-35" and 170-180 grams. I didn't brumate them (though I would have liked to, since the males were not eating anyway - my okeetee has just started eating regularly again in June!) Fertility was fine, 17 eggs and no slugs.
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Kerby...
Jul 05, 2003 11:39 PM
ALL of my corn snakes at 18 months and that includes them being brumated for 3-4 months prior to breeding. I have bred most of my female cal kings at 18 months and ALL of my male cal kings at 18 months. The only times that I have had egg binding came from an old mex-mex and an older cal king 4 1/2 ft. The mex-mex was sold to another breeder and has bred successfully every year since then. My cal king finally dropped her slug last week and appears fine. Males can easily breed at 18 months and females is just a size issue.
Kerby...
