corn mating!

[kerryrep22]

cool thats a good idea, thank you. the first mating took place about a week ago, i just wondered if i started weighing her from now how quickly would i start to see weight gain? in the next week or two or not til rite near the end when she is getting alot bigger? i have read in my corn manual that the average is 40 days after mating til laying, is that rite? cheers

[bhoy67]

its usually around that time though every snake is different mark on a calander or breeding log book etc the date from when they first bred and work out 5 weeks from then and thats when she should do her pre lay shed so get nesting box,incubator set up and just wait till she lays her eggs

[kerryrep22]

yeh thats cool, yep the incubator is all set up cos we had baby beardy eggs in it last year, 35 of the little critters! so thats all ready and we always have the other bits around, the vermiculite and moss and peat, and all that. so now i just have to wait! im so inpatient, want them now!!

[kerryrep22]

oh what do you reckon about the weight fing, will she start putting on weight soon to give me a clue? ive got scales that measure to the g so surely it wont be long before i start to notice even a little difference? id just like to know one way or the other cos its her first time this year, she is a newbie to breeding.

[bhoy67]

well weigh her now if shes not been fed or has pooped it all out and take notes weigh her once a week and youll c it rocketing up i did mines today for her first weigh in and will do so next tuesday that way u can compare to her first and so on just like a woman when shes up the duff lol!!

[kerryrep22]

cool i shall do that cos i feed her on thursdays, just gotta get some batteries for my digital scales cos they have run out. why does that alwaya happen huh! thanks for your help.

[bhoy67]

nae bother

[cornmorphs]

Originally Posted by kerryrep22

cool thats a good idea, thank you. the first mating took place about a week ago, i just wondered if i started weighing her from now how quickly would i start to see weight gain? in the next week or two or not til rite near the end when she is getting alot bigger? i have read in my corn manual that the average is 40 days after mating til laying, is that rite? cheers

i would weigh her EVERY time just before feeding. note down the figure and date, you need to be accurate otherwise the records are pointless.
you will notice a definate weight gain. its hard to give exact examples simply coz every female varies.

Originally Posted by kerryrep22

yeh thats cool, yep the incubator is all set up cos we had baby beardy eggs in it last year, 35 of the little critters! so thats all ready and we always have the other bits around, the vermiculite and moss and peat, and all that. so now i just have to wait! im so inpatient, want them now!!

corns RARELY have anywhere near this, if you get more than 20 in a clutch you've generally got a big one.

[kerryrep22]

yeh im hoping for not a massive clutch, we only hatched 17 of those beardie babies last year and oh boy what a handful! so maybe like 10 eggs would be good. how much easier it would be if you could choose how many you would like! knowing my luck i will get like a million! but she is only a small corn and its her first time so im finking probably a small clutch. well she is big for her age, cos she isnt three yet, and has been well over 3 foot for months and months. she has always loved food. what are the chances of the eggs being infertile cos its her first time? cheers

[cornmorphs]

Baby corns and baby beardies cant be compared for workload, corns are very simple in comparison, beardies need so much attention.
as for the age, i wouldnt worry about it, most people will bang on about being 300 g, 3 ft and 3 years old... thats afine guide to go by, but its not essential for sure.
a 300g+ snake that is 3foot and over 2 years will probably be fine, you could be unlucky as snakes will get eggbound, but i have seen corns at 130-140 grams lay, they went down to 60-70 grams after laying.. i know its not right, and i'm not condoning that for one minute, but i do think people panic over the rule of 3.
I have quite a few this year under 300grams, one not a great deal over 200.. but shes 5 years old and proven, so she'll hopefully be fine. Shes been in with a small male, i bought her that size, actually she was 174grams.. so i have managed to gte a few Gs on her lol