My pair of corns

[chris124578]

Hi, I have a male Red Albino and a female Normal Corn Snake.
They are both around 2 years old.
I house them together in a 4'l,1'd,18"h glass tank..
They always hide together and eat fine...
Should I keep them together if I intend to breed them when they're 3?
I should wait til there 3 to breed them right?
Can I add a Snow Corn With them in a bigger tank?

[reverendsterlin]

I really suggest seperate housing for all of them, but some folks do house together. I would expect eggs this year if you do. The snow male will test your female for both anery and amel, possibly even more if he is also a het. Part of the fun with corns is getting their genetics straight I have a motley that turned out het for anery B and a charcoal that was het for amel and aztec. Normals are notorious for being het something (or many things) so you never know. I do some mixing when it comes to breeding just to try to establish firm genetic information on the parents. I'm going to try my motley with a ghost male this year to test her for anery A and hypo but also test the male for motley. This is definitely the aspect of corns I love best.

[chris124578]

do i absolutely have to cool my corns, if i dont will they still breed?
when should i put a container for egg laying in the tank (what substrate should i use), and how should i go about incubating them?

[Invictus]

I would strongly recommend that you keep them separate for many reasons, but the #1 reason right now being that your female is TOO YOUNG. They may be capable of breeding at 3 years of age, but you are drastically increasing the risk of egg impaction. Wait until she is at least 4. In the mean time, snakes should always be housed separately. This minimizes the spread of illnesses and infections, lowers their stress levels, and increases successful breeding attempts.

[sapphire_moon]

Please try and house seperately! I don't know about breeding corns but if you put 2 males together with a female it might make them fight.........and because of this.....

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27424

If you house all your snakes together it increases the chances of all of them getting sick, so your paying for 2 (or 3) snakes to go to the vet instead of one. You never know which one goes to the bathroom.....it's just an all around bad idea to house together (unless breeding)

[reverendsterlin]

I'll disagree with Invictus on this and say that age, over 18 months, has little to do with breeding. Judge by weight, females over 300 grams are fine for breeding. Whether it takes 18 months or 4 years to get to that weight...