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I'm about to start breeding snakes and I need to know which ones are easier to breed. PLES HEIP...

>>I'm about to start breeding snakes and I need to know which ones are easier to breed. PLES HEIP...

I guess that would depend on which ones you find attractive. None of them do it for me, but I suspect that is because they lack large mammary glands.

KJ

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Cory
Corns
1.0.2 Snow
2.1.2 Anerythiristic
1.3 Normals
0.1 Okeetee
1.1 Bloodreds het Pewter
1.0 Amel
0.1 Banded
0.1 Blizzard
1.0 Milksnake Phase
0.0.13 Normal het Amel
0.0.1 Charcoal
Rats
1.1 Black rats
Lots of mice and rats

np
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**Am I the only one that gets frustrated when I cant find just plain old white paper towels?? I dont want any dorky lookin flowers in my snake or dragon cages! Its the little things in life that bother me....**

1.1 Bearded Dragons - Chong & Cheech
0.1 Anery Motley Corn - Fluffy
0.2 Labradors - Booger, Maggie
0.1 Cat - Hardcore

Many snakes are relatively easy to breed in captivity. However, which you choose depends on why you want to breed them.

Corns are relatively easy, but if you're breeding to make a profit then only the rarest morphs will bring big(ish) money. And you'll have to spend so much to purchase a pair, that you probably won't make your money back for a few breeding seasons, by which time everyone else will be breeding them and the price will go through the floor.

If you're just breeding for the joy and interest of it then Corns are ideal. However, you need to be very sure that you'll be able to find homes for any hatchlings. If you buy the more readily-available morphs, you could end up with 20-50 hatchlings a year (if the female lays two clutches). When you come to sell them, you'll be competing with many established professional breeders.

In either case, I'd advise doing a bit of local research to see if there's a market in your area for the snakes that you want to breed. Shipping snakes around the country can be a pain, even for the professionals.

all corns and milks are easy to breed if you got 1.1 and got them in right set up,,,get you a good rack,some heat tape, cool them once a year

Corn snakes for the variety of morphs!

I'm about to start breeding snakes and I need to know which ones are easier to breed. PLES HEIP...

Wow... jumping in head first? Well, let's start off by echoing what was said before. Corns are easy to breed, but aren't likely to earn you much money (you'll likely go in the hole quite a bit). If you're looking for more of a moneymaker, there's ball python morphs, but you'd better have the money to pony up for your breeding pair as it costs about the same as a car.

But before you get too fired up about breeding, you might want to make sure you have the ability to care for the snakes you're going to buy. If you can't meet their housing requirements or feeding requirements, you won't get very far.

Long and short of it, if you're just looking to make a quick buck and have no knowledge or experience in the reptile world... you'll only wind up wasting your money, killing a bunch of snakes, and dealing with major problems.

If you're looking for a hobby or a pet, though, try keeping a couple snakes and reading books on the species and their care. Ask intelligent questions and learn. THEN worry about breeding.

-Kat
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"You keep WHAT in your freezer?"
"Mice. And rats. If that bothers you, I can call them 'cows' instead."