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AcidicAngel
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/07/2013 : 21:56:35
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So my female is 7 years old this year. She'll be 8 years old next year. Does anybody think it would be safe to brumate her from November '13-January '14 and then breed her again next year or would you say she'd be best resting from now on? I personally don't know as she's not actually showing any age right now but I don't know what she'll be like next year. My male is fine to breed next year as he's only 5 years old but I only have the one female so if she can't breed then I won't be breeding at all next year.
Thoughts? |
Corn Snakes. 1.0 Butter - Cereus. 1.0 Caramel Stripe het Amel - Vladimir. 0.1 Normal het Amel, Caramel, Hypo - Amara. 0.1 Masque het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, Lavender, Stripe - Aurelia. 1.0 Masque Anery het Amel, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, lavender, Stripe - Orion. Leopard Gecko's. Too many to list!! Rat Snake. 1.0 Yellow Rat Snake - Leviathan(Levi) Western Hognoses 1.0 Normal 50% poss het Frosted(Dutch Hypo, Caramel) - Thorne. 0.1 Frosted - Rose. 1.0 Anaconda het Snow(Amel, Anery) - Titan. 0.1 Normal het Snow(Amel, Anery) - Nyx. R.I.P Pandora & Sakana, entwined in my heart forever my darlings. |
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
5319 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2013 : 22:00:31
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8 year old is ok for females to bred at ;) |
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AcidicAngel
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1212 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2013 : 22:14:13
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quote: Originally posted by gmac
8 year old is ok for females to bred at ;)
Is it? I thought it would have been the time that you start resting them down and retiring them lol. Hence the question XD |
Corn Snakes. 1.0 Butter - Cereus. 1.0 Caramel Stripe het Amel - Vladimir. 0.1 Normal het Amel, Caramel, Hypo - Amara. 0.1 Masque het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, Lavender, Stripe - Aurelia. 1.0 Masque Anery het Amel, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, lavender, Stripe - Orion. Leopard Gecko's. Too many to list!! Rat Snake. 1.0 Yellow Rat Snake - Leviathan(Levi) Western Hognoses 1.0 Normal 50% poss het Frosted(Dutch Hypo, Caramel) - Thorne. 0.1 Frosted - Rose. 1.0 Anaconda het Snow(Amel, Anery) - Titan. 0.1 Normal het Snow(Amel, Anery) - Nyx. R.I.P Pandora & Sakana, entwined in my heart forever my darlings. |
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Coal
Hatchling
449 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2013 : 22:33:03
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I've heard of female corns breeding into their teens without ill-effects :o
Really though it probably depends on the individual female; if she's still fit and healthy and is big enough (which I assume she is at that age), she'd probably be fine :)
Then again I have zero first-hand experience so... :P |
'Lovecraft' - CB12 male amel
'Sarnath' - CB13 male KSB (anery, het. albino) |
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AcidicAngel
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1212 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2013 : 22:57:47
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quote: Originally posted by Coal
I've heard of female corns breeding into their teens without ill-effects :o
Really though it probably depends on the individual female; if she's still fit and healthy and is big enough (which I assume she is at that age), she'd probably be fine :)
Then again I have zero first-hand experience so... :P
Well he's definitely big enough at 5'6" long She'd just need a bit of bulking up before the brumation as she lost quite a bit of weight laying her clutch this year which she had no problems with Thanks guys! I am going to be keeping an eye on her though as I knew she was due to shed so I went to check on her, she's shed alright... In about a million pieces. She's never had a bad shed in her entire life and suddenly two bad sheds one after the other come out of no-where. |
Corn Snakes. 1.0 Butter - Cereus. 1.0 Caramel Stripe het Amel - Vladimir. 0.1 Normal het Amel, Caramel, Hypo - Amara. 0.1 Masque het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, Lavender, Stripe - Aurelia. 1.0 Masque Anery het Amel, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, lavender, Stripe - Orion. Leopard Gecko's. Too many to list!! Rat Snake. 1.0 Yellow Rat Snake - Leviathan(Levi) Western Hognoses 1.0 Normal 50% poss het Frosted(Dutch Hypo, Caramel) - Thorne. 0.1 Frosted - Rose. 1.0 Anaconda het Snow(Amel, Anery) - Titan. 0.1 Normal het Snow(Amel, Anery) - Nyx. R.I.P Pandora & Sakana, entwined in my heart forever my darlings. |
Edited by - AcidicAngel on 02/07/2013 22:59:17 |
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ScaryVonHayleystine
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1773 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2013 : 21:24:22
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Well if you decide yes, good luck on your venture! |
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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
7308 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2013 : 12:10:47
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I've just heard of a 13yr old corn laying slugs for the first time ! I know breeding is different and takes more out of them but as long as she's healthy and a good weight, which I know you'll make sure of, she should be fine .
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Thorne Walker
Yearling
Canada
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3315 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2013 : 17:47:55
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I think corn snakes can keep breeding until their either become infertile or aren't able to keep up their bodyweight/condition so it becomes unsafe. From the research I have done, many corns can and do breed even into the beginning of their teens!
How are your eggs doing? Is the burst one still okay? |
2.4.0 Corn snakes 1.0.0 horse 0.1.0 Golden retriever 1.4.0 Guinea pigs |
Edited by - Moppet on 05/07/2013 17:48:24 |
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