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Post by mcostella on Apr 9, 2008 22:56:43 GMT -5
I am housing 1 female and 1 male juvenile cornsnake in the same tank and are always curled up together. How ever when they are held together the males movements are sometimes jerky and it feels like he is flexing his body muscles. Does anyone have any insight to what this means?
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Post by Wickedawesome on Apr 10, 2008 0:44:08 GMT -5
I'm not going to be much help to you, but I thought I'd say that my male cornsnake does the same thing. My other corns wrap and glide around my arm, but he for some reason trys to stay stiff. Healthy as can be though . . .
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Post by Nocash13 on Apr 18, 2008 23:09:55 GMT -5
Does it have something to do with breeding season? Just a thought but my male is also this way.
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Post by alex on Apr 19, 2008 11:12:52 GMT -5
I think it's generally excitement in snakes. They don't have a whole lot they can do anything with... I've seen males of most of my species doing it in the presence of females, I've seen males do it at other males before a fight if they've been mixed together at a bad time, and often everyone does it if I forget and touch something in the kingsnake cage before I touch them.
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Post by gonesnakee on Apr 19, 2008 16:55:20 GMT -5
It is part of their foreplay. Group housing of snakes is NOT a good idea. Is the female of breeding size & age? If not better seperate them quick or you are going to end up with a clutch of eggs & possibly an underage under weight female that becomes eggbound which can prove to be fatal in some cases. One of the many downfalls of group housing. Positve benefits for the snakes of ggroup housing are zero. All it does is save the owner $ & space & is not generally recomended practice when keeping snakes. Mark P.S. he WILL breed her if she is ready or not  |
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Post by mcostella on Apr 22, 2008 23:19:35 GMT -5
I am not sure of their sexes as I am still an amateur in keeping cornsnakes. I have heard that they are male and female but until I find someone that is willing to sex them for me I will not be able to tell.
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Post by Nocash13 on Apr 23, 2008 0:09:05 GMT -5
Try to get ahold of Mary V. She lives in Regina and I'm sure she'd be more than willing to sex them for you if you talked to her about it. She sexed my girlfriends snake when we bought from her and although it wasn't 100% successful, she seemed to have a good idea of the sex. Just a thought
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Post by tandj on Apr 23, 2008 21:30:13 GMT -5
Is he "piggy backing" whilist his twitchy movements.. AKA riding the back up to the females head?
Yes, I totally agree with Mark, co habbing is not what is considered the best way to keep corns..
Regards.. Tim of T and J
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