Just so you know I have done this before, I have included pics of the first cornsnakes I hatched. The female I had then successfully mated and laid eggs in 2004 and 2005. Neither she nor the two different male I used were brumated. All the eggs hatched.

This is my first attempt since then. I have a female 2008 striped hypo, which was NOT brumated, and a male 2008 lavendar which was brumated. He has been warmed and eating since the middle of January. She was kept warm all winter, and has eaten well, so she has good body weight and is well over 3.5 feet.

I have put them together twice, and both times he is very interested, with the typical jerky movements, and trying to follow her and align for mating. All she does is flee.

Is it too early, for her, and maybe they are out of sync? She just shed tonight, so I thought I'd put them together again (the second attempt). She at first seemed curious, but then when he really got interested, she would have none of it.

I think it would really stress her out to leave them together, so she is back in her cage, and he is still wondering where she went.

Any suggestions would be welcome.









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Kent

0.1 Hypomelanistic striped cornsnake
1.0 Lavender cornsnake
1.2 Gray-banded kingsnakes, blairs phase

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