corn mating!

[kerryrep22]

yeh alot easier, just feeding once every few days and mostly leaving them to it! i had to feed my beardies 5 times a day! alot cheaper too which is good, even 20 pinkies a weeks is like 6 quid so no biggie, and i have all the bits for them already. so at least i wont be eaten out of house and home this year. thats reassuring to hear about the age fing, yeh i fought cos she was oer 300g and over 3 ft that she would be ok, and she looks way bigger than quite alot of corns ive seen that have laid successful, fertile eggs. but i did worry that cos she is only two i was being bad and doing the wrong fing, and just doing it for my benefit and she was gonna get sick and all that, so i feel better now. thank you. not that i spose anyone is exactly breeding the snake for the snakes benefit anyway, of course its for us.

[kerryrep22]

wow i cant believe you've seen such small snakes lay successfully, i guess we all do get a bit stuck about some of the rules that everyone says you have to abide by, like the 3 rule. i always worry that im doing the wrong fing though, but all my reps seem happy and healthy so i spose im doing ok,

[bhoy67]

well mines weighed in at 500grams today forgot to do it last week doh shes not massive around the 4n half foot mark and as cornmorphs said the 3 rules alot of rubbish for corns iv heard and seen females lay at 18months old n not that big as aso cornmorph said i too dont say it should be done but it can be in some cases

[cornmorphs]

Originally Posted by kerryrep22

yeh alot easier, just feeding once every few days and mostly leaving them to it! i had to feed my beardies 5 times a day! alot cheaper too which is good, even 20 pinkies a weeks is like 6 quid so no biggie, and i have all the bits for them already. so at least i wont be eaten out of house and home this year. thats reassuring to hear about the age fing, yeh i fought cos she was oer 300g and over 3 ft that she would be ok, and she looks way bigger than quite alot of corns ive seen that have laid successful, fertile eggs. but i did worry that cos she is only two i was being bad and doing the wrong fing, and just doing it for my benefit and she was gonna get sick and all that, so i feel better now. thank you. not that i spose anyone is exactly breeding the snake for the snakes benefit anyway, of course its for us.

i would think she would manage ok.
you can get pinks for as little as 10p each, just depends where you go.

Originally Posted by bhoy67

well mines weighed in at 500grams today forgot to do it last week doh shes not massive around the 4n half foot mark and as cornmorphs said the 3 rules alot of rubbish for corns iv heard and seen females lay at 18months old n not that big as aso cornmorph said i too dont say it should be done but it can be in some cases

thats it, i mean personally i like mine to be slender when breeding. my biggest are about 510-520grams, i have about 3 females in that area. for me, they are too big, but i bought them that size. i like mine to be around 400s, but have no issues in breeding smaller than 300 if they are at least 2 years, have a strong underbelly too.. if they are just fat, then i wont. you wont find a fat corn in my house.

[kerryrep22]

oh no id never breed em that young, esp if they were small too! wow 500g huh, i cant wait til the day that mine are all grown up and proper snakes like that, still fink of them as my babies but they arent any more, cant believe how much they have grown in the last year, amazing! and now they are men and women snakes, not babies.

[cornmorphs]

they do vary..
my 08s for instance, they range from about 10grams to 110 now.. all have been fed on the same regeime.

[kerryrep22]

just out on interest how do you tell the difference between just a good size and fat? i dnt fink my girl is fat, just a good size. she is kinda like a 10p i spose diameter wise if that makes sense, maybe more like a 50p actually.

[bhoy67]

thats it, i mean personally i like mine to be slender when breeding. my biggest are about 510-520grams, i have about 3 females in that area. for me, they are too big, but i bought them that size. i like mine to be around 400s, but have no issues in breeding smaller than 300 if they are at least 2 years, have a strong underbelly too.. if they are just fat, then i wont. you wont find a fat corn in my house.

well she did first mate about 2 weeks ago and forgot to weigh her so she she must have put weight on since then

[kerryrep22]

well thats good, so if i weigh her 2mrw that will be a week since the mating, so maybe wen i weigh her next wed she mite have put on a little bit cos she will be two weeks gravid by then, cool!

[cornmorphs]

Originally Posted by kerryrep22

just out on interest how do you tell the difference between just a good size and fat? i dnt fink my girl is fat, just a good size. she is kinda like a 10p i spose diameter wise if that makes sense, maybe more like a 50p actually.

fat ones seem to sag underneath if you hold them up. you can feel the muscles very clearly on good ones.
fat ones will look short and chunky, its quite hard really to get a fat corn. although i have seen a few really nasty chubbies that have been rescued by people/.
they can also have a kind of triangle effect, when they lay down their bodies seem to sag onto the floor.