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I know that the African house snake probably i the esiest snake to breed, The only thing holding me back from getting one is that they are not readily availabe, and they are not very sought after.

What i'm asking is are there any other snakes that are very easily bred? Are there any that dont require burmation period? I'm basically looking for something that is a good first time breeder snake, because I'm really interested in breeding.

If not I'll just stick to the AHS, but it seems there arent many morphs to get interested in.

let me know

THANKS

BEN

Why do you want to breed so bad?

I know that the African house snake probably i the esiest snake to breed, The only thing holding me back from getting one is that they are not readily availabe, and they are not very sought after.

I sold every AHS that I ever produced (and that number is the many hundreds). But if you are concerned about selling them you might try a Cornsnake. There are lots of good colors, they are very popular and they are almost as easy to breed. The only difference between breeding corns and AH snakes is that the housesnakes will breed 4-5 times per year. Corns will only produce 1 or possibly 2 clutches.

Of course, for a first time breeder, fewer babies may be a plus.

The issue with cornsnakes is the opposite of housesnakes. There are literally THOUSANDS of baby corns produced every year. How are you going to sell yours? Sometime a local petstore will buy them, but you should have a plan before the snakes are even bred.
I would aim at one of the nicer albino corns since they sell better. Normals can be harder to sell. Don't expect more than $15-25 per baby when you do sell them.
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Chris Harrison
Central Texas

Yea dude why DO you want to breed so bad? Im sorry if I sound ignorant but I see a lot of topics about AHS breeding from you and Ive only been on this site for a few months. Just bought me a sun glow motley corn (hatchling), they look very beautiful and when he is an adult will look even more brilliant. I dont know if local pet stores will buy an AHS due to the fact the people don't like to buy reptiles that they haven't heard of before,But if it was a california king then it would be much more different. A local reptile store will probably buy them but I doubt they will buy that many babies since AHS breed 4-5 times a year. But hey if you love them and your serious about breeding them and have thought out possible outcomes for the babies before they are born then do what you want to do.

Florida or Brooks Kings breed easily without brumation. Litters run (My average 6-10).

Brooks hold a reasonable value.

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

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geez sorry guys, Didnt mean to annoy you, The reason i want to breed them is purely because i would love to experience nursing babies/ watching them hatch/ it means i can get more snakes!!!

I want to try breeding snakes for the first time since i've caught/ owned plenty of snakes and am very interested in trying something new. I've always been facinated by snakes since childhood, so I'm thinking how cool would it be to produce some little ones and care for them.

I was wondering if there were any other possibilities. The reason youve seen a lot of my posts is because I posted in the wrong area, then accidentally double posted, because I'm new to knigsnake.com's type of format

didnt mean to upset anyone

back to the subject at hand: I will probably not make breeding a full time job, maybe doing one or two clutches or less per year, AHS sound good, i was just wondering if anything a little more colorful would be as easy to breed, but i guess not

chris h: are all of your babies usually normals???
how much do you sell your regulars/ morphs for?

THANKS FOR THE HELP

BEN

GOD BLESS

Your not annoying i was just curious why you wanted to breed so bad, but i like your answer, that you just want to raise them and have the experience. Good Luck

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that some African House snakes come in lovely colors, aside from the usual brown ones.

One option to choose a good breeding snake, is to find a species you find really cool, can handle and can afford as babies, do a general check on breeding requirements, to make sure it's feasible, raise them up, and by the time they're old enough, you'll probably have sufficient experience and research time to have a good shot at sucessfully breeding them. (whew, run on sentence there)

As a minor catch, I suggest avoiding anything hard to handle, like semi-large pythons, semi-large boas, some of the fast asian rat snakes, etc. Or anything really delicate. Just so you will know that a dedicated novice can take and successfully raise one of your babies and keep him/her through adulthood.
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yeah, i think no matter what color they are, i will love AHS's

i really cant wait, hmmm should I buy online or wait for a reptile show?????

well i already have 2 ten gallon cages to house the two in for now, and then its just a matter of waiting till they are of sexual maturity.

thanks for the help, as for incubators, will a hovabator (small version) work just fine???

BEN

if your going for clolor breed corns
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jake

my addiction:
2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
1 amelenistic corn snake (mazy)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)