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if the male is an albino cornsnake and the female a regular cornsnake what would the babis look like?

2007-10-03 16:02:57 · 3 answers · asked by kahlien05 1 in Pets Reptiles

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They will all be normals which carry the gene for albinism. If the female already carries the gene for albinism, the babies will be half normals and half albinos. You won't know until you breed them.

Breeding is easy, but you have to cool them down. I feed them heavily in the fall, and then give them two weeks to clean out their systems. Cooling them with food in their system could be bad. Undigested food in their stomach could rot and kill them. After the two weeks of not feeding them, I keep them in a cool room in complete darkness for three months. The temperatures in the room are usually 50 to 60 degrees. There is no feeding at all for this three months. Water is kept available, and I check on them every few weeks to make sure they still look healthy. I do not handle them either. The reason for the complete darkness is because in the wild they will go into a den or burrow to hibernate and not see light for a few months

After three months, I bring them back to normal temperatures, and give them a smaller than usual meal. They get well fed, and when the female does her first shed after hibernation, I put the male in with her. Usually instantly the male mates with her. I leave them together for a day or two. Continue to feed the female well. She'll need a nest box two to two and half months after mating.

You can easily get the female to lay a second clutch of eggs. You have to feed her heavily the entire time of her pregnancy. The day she lays her eggs, put the male back in with her. He'll mate again, and 2 to 2 1/2 months later, you'll get a second clutch. Cornsnakes are one of the easiest snakes to breed, and may often breed without the long hibernation period, but it increases your chances of healthy eggs.

2007-10-03 16:54:15 · answer #1 · answered by madsnakeman 7 · 3 0

Never house together, they can and will breed early. The female needs to be 3 years old, 3 ft. and at LEAST 300 grams. I recommend more than that as they will lose a huge amount of weight after laying. Some of mine have lost nearly 100 grams depending upon how often they ate during pregnancy and how many eggs they laid. I'm more comfortable with 400 than 300 although there are some females that will never attain that weight. Males can be younger and lighter since they don't have to carry eggs. Don't be in a hurry. If you breed too early, you risk egg binding and killing your female. The other thing is, what are you planning on doing with all the babies? Do you have buyers or are you just going to mass sell them off to some petstore? If you are going to sell them to responsible owners, do you have a way to ship? How will you market them? There is a lot more involved than just having babies! Is the morph you're going to breed something people will buy?

2016-05-20 05:22:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

I'd like to invite you to check out http://cornsnakes.com/forums/ This is a great forum, and there are sections dedicated to breeding and morphs (colors). Lots of really nice experts to help you answer this question...I'm not an expert in genetics, but knowing what the grandparents are will help determine percentage of colors produced.

2007-10-03 16:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 0 4

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