Breeding Corn Snakes

Corn Snakes Are One Of The Easiest Reptiles To Breed. And Many People Enjoy Doing It So That they can experience babies being born, attracting new specimens, or to sell.

Hatchling Corn Snakes

PreBreeding Corn Snakes

Before You Begin To Breed Corn Snakes You Need To Make Sure They Are In Good Health. A Corn With Complications May Cause Complications To The Female Leading To Death... So with that in mind lets begin. Throughout Summer And Fall You Should Put Some Weight On Your Snakes (Feed Them A Little More) Because Of Losing A Couple Grams During Breeding Season. Right Before Brumation Make Sure The Have Cleared There Digestive Tract.

Once You Are Sure Its Empty You Can put The Breeding Pair Into A Tank at 65-70 Degrees And Leave Them Alone For About 5-7 Days Next Set The Temp At 55-60 for about a month. After That Put them In A Tank For about 2 months at 50 degrees. Making The Full Brumation process About 3 months.

The Slow Decrease In Temp Helps Relieve Shock Because just Changing It To 50 degrees would Cause Alot Of Shock Causing Complications In Breeding.

After Brumation

After Being In 50 degrees The Process starts over. Set them at 65-70F for about 5-7 days, and then put them back in their regular cage or just up the temps to their regular temps, however you have worked the cooling process. After About 5 days Feed them regularly again.

Wait Until She Has Eaten 3-4 Times After Brumation

Once You've Placed The Male And Female Together Continue your Regular Feeding Schedule Seperating For Feeding

Most Copulations Happen At Night So Good Luck Seeing It.

After You Notice Swelling In The Abdomen You Should Seperate The Male And Female And feed The Female Often So She Doesnt Get Crazy Light.

Egg Laying

The Female Should Lay Her Eggs In About 20-27 Days. About 1-2 Weeks Before She Lays Her Eggs She Should Shed After That Dont Feed Her Till She Lays The Eggs.

Corn Snake Eggs

At This Time Start Aranging A Lay Box Fill It Up half way with non-saturated soil And Place It In Her Cage. (Make sure theres a Way In And Out) She May Lay Here Eggs In It She May Not.

After She Lays Her Eggs You Can Remove Them... But Not Right Away Give Her 5-6 Hours Rest. After Removing The Eggs Give Her A Small Meal.　

Incubation

Be Able To Create The Right Tempature And Humidity Levels. You Can Make An Incubator Use A Hobavator Or A Poultry Incubator. But Put The Temp Around 80-84 Degrees. They Should Hatch 50-60 days later (Give Or Take) When incubating the eggs, you'll want to use a medium that will hold the humidity well. Many people recommend vermiculite and perlite. Mix the medium with water, using a 4:3 ratio Medium:Water

The Container You Use Needs To Have Ventilation Holes In It And Allow Air Through. Bury The Eggs Half In The Soil ( DO NOT TURN THE EGGS OVER!!!) Doing So Will Risk Drowning The Embrio. After 40 Days You Can Put A Paper Towel (wet) Over The Eggs To Make Shell Softer.

Hatching Corn Snakes Snakes