Corns Breeders: How Many Of You Brumate, And How Many Of You Don't?

[Brittanicus]

Originally Posted by cornmorphs

i do hibernate, the 2 times i didnt i have a low % of babies compated to actual breedings... although as someone said there, corns are seriously not selling right now, so i am considering which ones to actually breed..

I think at the moment because of the recession, it's only worth breeding the morphs that other breeders are looking for. There aren't as many people looking for corns as pets at the moment.

[Jczreptiles]

Originally Posted by Brittanicus

I think at the moment because of the recession, it's only worth breeding the morphs that other breeders are looking for. There aren't as many people looking for corns as pets at the moment.

I also think it is because so many people are breeding them right now the market is flooded with them and except for blood reds and other high end morphs you are lucky to even break even on them. I am about to start a poll on how many babys were produced this year.

[Brittanicus]

Originally Posted by Jczreptiles

I also think it is because so many people are breeding them right now the market is flooded with them and except for blood reds and other high end morphs you are lucky to even break even on them. I am about to start a poll on how many babys were produced this year.

Yes very true, the number of breeders has increased massively especially over the last couple of years.

[Brittanicus]

Surely there must be more corn breeders on here than this.
Come on folks, Don't Be Shy!
Thanks To Those Who Have Replied So Far.

[beaniebopps]

The first couple years I bred I brumated both male and female and had a really great success rate. This year I am brumating only my male because I'd like to keep feeding and conditioning my female over winter.

[Brittanicus]

Thanks to everyone who replied!
After reading all the replies,
I think I'm going to brumate all the corns that I intend to breed, apart from a couple of males that are a bit small at the moment but which will probably be big enough come spring as long as I keep feeding them through the winter.
I will try these males with a couple of the smaller females who have been brumated, when spring comes around.
Thanks again everyone!

[cornmorphs]

Originally Posted by Jczreptiles

I also think it is because so many people are breeding them right now the market is flooded with them and except for blood reds and other high end morphs you are lucky to even break even on them. I am about to start a poll on how many babys were produced this year.

not wrong there mate, i have stunning bloods, poss het hypo and cinder that are 50 quid, and nothing.. they wont go then, i'm not doing those for less that 50, they are on fluffs now. my other bloods are poss het hypo lavender stripe and amel.. sorry but these cant be worth less than 50.
the market is well and truely dead

[Jczreptiles]

I knew i was going to have trouble with them this year so I advertised snows,amels and anerys for £10 each as non-feeders before they hatched and 5 days after they hatched someone came and collected the lot. I will not be breeding them any more though.

[tazzyasb]

I brumate all my breeding corns. I have bred them without brumation and had smaller clutches and more slugs. Only tried it once and now always brumate. You also have to consider the plus points of not feeding your adults for a while, along with reducing your work load for a bit.

[strongboW]

I will be breeding next year. If I do my Royals I will be, if I do corns then no I wont be