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pitcher
Hatchling

United Kingdom
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Posted - 31/10/2010 :  17:24:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
how many females can the average male corn breed to in a season???

7.9 corns

eeji
The Morph Master

United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/11/2010 :  20:35:39  Show Profile  Visit eeji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
dunno about an average, but one of my males bred to 3 different girlies this year. I've no doubt he could have carried on and on! :D


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mikeyd_26
Yearling

United Kingdom
716 Posts

Posted - 01/11/2010 :  20:44:50  Show Profile  Click to see mikeyd_26's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
dont take this as solid advice! lol but im sure i read in kathy loves book it can be up to 7 or 8 until they run out of reserves!!!



0.1.0 amel - TaLuLa
0.1.0 anery motley het amel, hypo - Bo
1.0.0 vanishing stripe unknown - Marley
1.0.0 hogg island boa - Iggy
0.1.0 hogg island boa - Luna
0.1.0 royal python - Buttons!
1.0.0 royal python 66% het albino - Steve
0.1.0 leopard gecko - Sheila
millions of beardies!
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gingerpony
Queen Bee

United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/11/2010 :  08:51:32  Show Profile  Click to see gingerpony's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
i personally prefer no more than 3 girls to one male
you've got to think about timing - how long your male might not feed for, do you want your incubator running for months, do you want to be dealing with hatchies for months on end too?
if you pair him with your first female, then a few weeks off, then your 2nd female, a few weeks off, then your 3rd female.........before you know it it could be summer then by the time your last female has laid and you've incubated it could be really late in the season and really draw it out. if you had more pairings, you'd have more eggs incubating at one time, more hatchies to deal with at one time, and get them moved on more quickly and start building up your snakes after fasting (males) or egg-laying (females)

cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos

Location:Leeds/York/Selby area
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pitcher
Hatchling

United Kingdom
156 Posts

Posted - 03/11/2010 :  13:19:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
cool 3 is what i was thinking. my stud ghost stripe is gonna be a happy bunny next spring lol. he was the one that donated the sperm for my paradox snow i got from a clutch this year so i wanna bump up my chances as much as poss for another, although i doubt i'll be so lucky:(

7.9 corns
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!

United Kingdom
2901 Posts

Posted - 04/11/2010 :  00:09:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
the most i have heard of is about 10.
However, its always worth using the male a couple of times on the same female to ensure a good mating, all mine went together about 4 times in total.

Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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