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I just had a clutch of 11 eggs hatch and all but 2 were female. Someone at a pet store told me that she heard temperature during incubation affects the sex of the corn snakes. That doesn't seem possible to me and I've never heard this before. Just wondering if anyone else knows anything factual about this topic.
Thanks

2006-08-07 08:17:32 · 5 answers · asked by how 2 in Pets Reptiles

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Though Corn Snakes may breed without undergoing a winter cooling period, seasonal cycling helps to ensure reproductive success. Only healthy snakes with good body weight should be bromated. The snakes should not be fed for the two weeks prior to cooling them or while they are brumating. The brumation temperature should be between 55 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The Corn Snakes will, however, be more active at the high end of this range and so will lose more weight than if they will if kept at the lower temperatures. The temperature should be lowered gradually over a period of about 10 days to the desired temperature, which should be maintained for between 30 and 60 days. The enclosure temperature should then be raised gradually to normal maintenance temperatures. Food should be offered about a week later.

Put the pair together immediately following the female's first post-brumation shed, and leave them together for about 5 days. If copulation is not observed, separate them for about a week and try again. Provide a nest box with moist peat moss, vermiculite, or perlite for the female to lay her eggs in. Females usually lay approximately one or two months after coming out of brumation. Most will shed about 10 days prior to laying. The number of eggs per clutch varies from 4 to 40 with the average clutch consisting of between 8 and 16 eggs. Corn Snakes may double-clutch about two months after laying their first clutch. The second clutch in a season usually contains fewer eggs than the first. Incubate the eggs in moist vermiculite or perlite at 80 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit. At these temperatures, eggs will usually hatch in 45 to 55 days. The baby Corn Snakes will shed one to two weeks after hatching and should then be offered newborn pinkie mice. Some Corn Snake hatchlings are reluctant to feed on pinkies and will require small lizards, tube feeding, or use of techniques like lizard scenting or braining the pinkies. Temperature does not determine the sex.

2006-08-07 10:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by reptilehunter33647 2 · 0 1

Incubating Snake Eggs

2016-12-12 04:30:12 · answer #2 · answered by libbie 4 · 0 0

The temperature will affect the outcome of males and females for certain lizards (ex. leopard geckos) only. Higher temp=more females. lower temp=more males. The sex of corn snakes may not be random (scientists don't know yet, there may be other deciding factors), but temperature does not affect them.

2006-08-07 08:42:56 · answer #3 · answered by Ladyofthflame 2 · 1 0

No, temperature doesn't affect it. I had two females of eleven eggs. There just seems to be a higher percentage of females.

Temperature does affect alligators and such, but not snakes.

2006-08-07 08:35:17 · answer #4 · answered by Avatar Aang 2 · 0 0

Yes. Hotter = female Colder = Male. I think...

2006-08-10 23:35:58 · answer #5 · answered by alvinyprime 3 · 0 1

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