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| LarkaDawg |
Posted - 30/07/2011 : 22:22:04
Hey I'm new to this forum. I have two corn snakes, one I aquired today (YAY!!) and he is a one year old anerythristic striped motley corn named Pan (Pantalaimon). The other I've had for two years and she's a hypo het lavender corn named Lyra. And they both live in their shared viv. Note: I hope to breed them one day... :D
I also have a parsons russell terrier (poppy), a bedlington terrier cross whippet (basil), two cats (tom and willow), a bearded dragon (iris) she's my sister's though, a budgie (sky), a tank of tropical fish and a koi carp pond. lol. life is fun ^_^
Couple of questions, how do you post pictures? and what do the numbers with points mean/how do they work when you see them in people's signarures? i.e. "1.0.0 corn snake called billy"? O_o? |
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| herriotfan |
Posted - 22/08/2011 : 11:05:40
quote:
Originally posted by LarkaDawg
Thanks herriotfan, someone did already but thanks anyway :)
Silly me! |
| LarkaDawg |
Posted - 20/08/2011 : 15:13:37
Thanks herriotfan, someone did already but thanks anyway :) |
| herriotfan |
Posted - 19/08/2011 : 22:47:31
One question that it appears nobody has answered is the numbers..... 1.0.0 etc.
1. (=1 male) .0 (= 0 female) .0 (=0 unknown sex)
In other words number of males, number of females, number of unknown sex.
Hope you understand.....I'm not very good at explaining!
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| LarkaDawg |
Posted - 02/08/2011 : 15:57:21
Panic over, she's not pregnant! It was the muscle contractions or something from the stressful car journey. The vet checked her over today. Although all the advice given will still be useful when they actually breed. Sorry for the false alarm :S |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 02/08/2011 : 13:48:55
if the mats are the same you can run them both off one stat  |
| kdlang |
Posted - 01/08/2011 : 22:49:02
Fantastic. Don't forget a thermostat and digi thermometer too. I have no real experience of breeding apart from my unexpected eggs this year. I can imagine that when it goes right it can be a very exciting and rewarding experience. I went through 2 weeks of stress with my girl then weeks of paranoia waiting to see if some of the eggs were somehow fertile. Having said that, I am looking forward to hopefully breeding my butters next year if my girl is big enough. |
| LarkaDawg |
Posted - 01/08/2011 : 22:27:56
Right I'm getting a tub and heat mat for tempary housing for the male asap (tomorrow afternoon probably). At the same time I'll go looking for a egg box for the female. Is breeding always this stressful lol?! |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 01/08/2011 : 21:55:06
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Originally posted by kdlang
...cause her to hold onto her eggs which can be fatal.
i can't stress this enough ^^
as a novice owner there's no way you can know your snakes and know how stress presents but if you insist on cohabitating well, you can't educate pork! |
| kdlang |
Posted - 01/08/2011 : 21:47:00
Good luck with your girl. I had a female lay infertile eggs this year and it was a bit of an ordeal for us both but then she was below weight and I wasn't expecting them until they started to arrive so I didn't have any kit ready. A plastic tub with a hole cut into the lid and with damp but not wet sphagnum moss in is perfect. You really need to take your male out if she is getting ready to lay as he could stress her and cause her to hold onto her eggs which can be fatal. |
| LarkaDawg |
Posted - 01/08/2011 : 16:06:58
Oh awesome! That should be easily accessable |
| Simmy_82 |
Posted - 01/08/2011 : 13:13:57
I picked one up in ASDA for about £2. |
| LarkaDawg |
Posted - 01/08/2011 : 13:13:04
Oh.. hmm no I don't. I'll have to go get one. :) thanks again for all of your help! |
| Figs |
Posted - 01/08/2011 : 10:50:46
A shoebox would go all soggy and mouldy with the damp moss in there - do you have an iceream tub or a tupperware box or something?
My geckos have been using a tupperware box for years just fine  |
| LarkaDawg |
Posted - 01/08/2011 : 10:02:22
Hmm, thanks for the reply. She was, I took her to the shop at which she was 'diagnosed' with possible pregnancy the same day I bought Pan. So it definately wasn't him lol
I'll (somehow) find a laying box and pop in in there. Do you any reccomdentations I could use? Would a shoe box be okay with some moss in it? (I'll look up the correct moss, I can't think of the type right now).
Thank you for all the help :) I think I should have probably have posted this somewhere else.. |
| Figs |
Posted - 31/07/2011 : 22:41:37
She doesnt look obese to me, just a wee bit plump! 
My Mew (about the same age as Lyra, but smaller) had a lumpy tummy a bit like that a couple of months back but nothing came of it, so i assume she was just ovulating.
The shed could be coincidental, but it also could be a pre-lay shed. I'd stick in a laying box, just in case.
Was she like that before you got Pan? (sorry if i skimmed over that if you have said that!) A male his size is very capable of impregnating a female |
| LarkaDawg |
Posted - 31/07/2011 : 21:44:26
Oh and here's from today, I think you can make out the lumpy belly.
Any ideas guys?
edit add: The lumps are more prominant in real life. And she is showing most of the signs (moving around viv MUCH more often, gone into shed, won't eat, which is unusual as she has never refused one before). |
| LarkaDawg |
Posted - 31/07/2011 : 21:38:01
Thanks to you both for the advice :) I'll post some more pictures of her, I think she may be gravid with infertile eggs :S I took her to be sexed by my reptile man and when he held her he had a weird look and asked if she had seen any other males or ever been bred. When I looked again yesterday and today, her belly does seem to be a little lumpy and round (hence the 'IS SHE FAT??' lol).
Sorry for the overload of pictures! These were taken about two days ago. |
| kdlang |
Posted - 31/07/2011 : 20:14:35
Hiya and welcome to the foum. Your snakes are gorgeous. Your female does sound quite hefty but it's hard to tell if she is overweight without moe pics. She is ok size wise if she does become gravid and i think age isn't as important but i think I would still err on the side of caution.
The co-habbing thing is a highly argued issue but if you have done all your research and are fully prepared for any problems then people should not pull you down (not that they are). I would just make sure you have a spare set up available in case of any problems. Actually thinking of that, you should have them both seperate now anyway so that your new one can go through adequate quaranteen period. |
| Figs |
Posted - 31/07/2011 : 18:36:50
Some corns are just bigger than others!
Do you have any other pictures of her? Usually creases or rolls in the skin when the snakies fold over on themselves, as well as 'hips' can help you tell if you have a chunky one.
I dont think the age is a huge factor, so long as they arent just a yearling or something - I believe most corns are abouts 3ft and 300g at 3 years anywho
And yep, most reptiles can lay infertile eggs without ever having contact with a male |
| LarkaDawg |
Posted - 31/07/2011 : 17:33:36
Can I just ask, my older corn is two and a bit years old, I weighed her just and she is 480 grams (sounds overweight to me? she doesn't really look it) and she is around 3.5 foot. When I looked up breeding, they spoke of the rule of three, 300 grams, 3 years and 3 foot. So she would be okay to breed? Or is her age a serious problem?
Also, can corns produce eggs (fertile or not) on their own? Like a chicken or something? |
