Clan Corns

Eggciting times coming....

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:25:00 +0000

Okay so as usual my blog is late and things haven't gone to plan with one thing or another.
Pairs didn't mate when I thought or hoped. Some didn't and I had to change plans and the last minute. Incubators haven't gone to plan with either waiting on equipment or not getting my butt into gear.

I've had such a bad and busy week or two recently my records have gone to pot at home and yeah lets hope the girls are more organised.

Here goes with what's happening!

Kiss has sloughed and looks gravid, I didn't think her intended was mature enough or show any signs of mating. So it's either a surpise, slugs or sperm retention from last year?!

Trinity & Rusty are on track as normal, my fabulous girls! And Phoenix a first timer has sloughed tonight and is looking plump...happy days!

I don't think the het. bino royals got to it, but I shall try try again! Lady is looking promising after her repeat mating with Dexter- hoping for Mojaves this year.

Lyra has paired with Reptile attics 'Duke' a first generation creamsicle aka a HTCT Mack snow. With Lyra's fab bright colouring we hope to hatch out some great babies. They should be (my leo genetics is a tad rusty) 50% SHTCT & 50% SHTCT Mack Snow!

Right it's late o'clock and the animal checks before bed are calling! Will update with egg news very soon....knowning my girls a Monday morning so tomorrow!

New Year, New beginnings & love is in the air.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:05:00 +0000

Well after a reasonably mild winter (SO FAR) we have paired some animals sooner than normal. We have had confirmer locks with:

BP's -Lady (Classique) X Dexter (Mojave)

We also paired:
Corn Snakes- Phoenix (Amel Stripe) X Komodo (Amel Cube/Stripe). There was no lock seen and there was no evidence of a successful mating, despite Komodo's best efforts. We will try them again tonight. We never leave Corn Snakes paired for more than an hour at a time as the males are quite persistant!

We are very glad to announce a partnership of sorts with The Reptile Attic. Sam (and his long suffering fiancee Sarah) have recently moved to within walking distance of us which is wonderful news. We already had planned a few joint pairings with leopard geckos and have some python/ boa plans for the future. Sam is a Veterinary Surgeon who has had very close contact with the Clancorns collection for the last 4 or 5 years & has been building up a brilliant collection himself for a number of years. His website http://reptileattic.webs.com/ is currently under construction, please pop over and have a look sometime.

All the rest of the animals are doing great. My wonderful anniversary present from August has finally finished quarentine and is now a resident with the rest of the collection. She has been named (finally!) Khaleesi. It suits her very well!

Her space in our quarentine room has been taken up by a stunning Dumerils boa. These are not terribly common as some people are put off by the CITES paperwork but microchipping & 1 form to fill it out not difficult fot such a fantastic calm species. She was born in 2011 & came from the lovely Deano @ Khanige boa's in Essex.
Meet Avalon:

Happy New Year!

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:25:00 +0000

Happy New Year to you all! We hope you had a lovely festive season with your families and animals.
We had a sad end to 2011 when our first Royal python clutch didn't work out. Hoping 2012 is more successful with this species.
There was a lovely addition in December.... "Pandora"

Pandora is a Nosy be Panther Chameleon and is settling in very nicely. I really must get updated photos of all our non Corn snake residents to update our Clanzoo page.

A page has just been added....Breeding 2012. All just plans and thoughts just now, subject to change and most likely will!

Hope you all don't have terrible hangovers and keep checking the blog!

Roll up Roll up...it's show time!

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:50:00 +0000

Come and see us at I.H.S. Doncaster breeders meeting. I will have a selection of surplus hatchlings, yearlings and a couple of adults available. Also some leopard geckos.

Details of the show:

Opening Times:

Members From 10.15 am
Non Members From 10.30 am

Entrance Fee:
NON MEMBERS £ 5.00
FULL MEMBERS £ 2.50( all Children under 16 are free but MUST be accompanied by an adult)

Sat Nav: DONCASTER DN4 7PD

A couple of new additions are already booked :P including a brand new project. :D

The journey starts on the early hours of Saturday morning when I make my way to see our friends @ Lexcorn, have a good old chin wag and catch up. The animals will get watered and on Sunday morning a 5am start will see us on our way to Doncaster to meet up with lots of different friends. Can't wait. :D

Summer is here and so are the hatchies!

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:50:00 +0000

Well I forgot to update again didn't I! If I'm honest I was a little down, the pairings didn't go to plan but we did end up with 33 eggs in total, not too shabby!
We are currently watching Rustys clutch hatch, this is slightly odd as she laid hers 3rd. The first 2 are holding on and not showing their faces yet!
Out so far we have 4 Wild Type Stripes and 1 Amel stripe with more noses. All Stripes are pretty perfect and we are very pleased!
Here is one as a teaser :D

Springgggg time!

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:43:00 +0000

Update time!
Spring is in the air and we have had some warmer times, although a brief spell of snow last weekend did lower temperatures somewhat!

We have 2 more Cresty eggs, this time from Phsyco(Cream/ Mocha Cheveron), the first 2 were from Lily(Lavender Harley), Daddy is a Choc/Cream Flame. The hatchlings from Sept (Itsy) and 1st Jan (Ninja & unnamed) are doing great and growing like weeds although Ninja is taking over from Itsy!

Stumpy, a female from Stacey and Muffin another young girly, have both moved in together into a large glass unit together and seem to be getting on well, although Muffin has decided to sleep each day......like a bat upside down. As long as she is comfy!

Our Gargoyle gecko, Igor, is of course with a name like that looking more female everyday. Devours everything in sight and is due a house upgrade soon!

I have decided not to pair any leopard geckos this year, as I have enough on my hands just now. Not often is a wise choice made like that. Also the Leo group changed a littled last week. I fell in love with Sam's iccle Murphy Patternless male so asked if he would like to do a swap. He is now the new owner of our lovely Sunglow girly Aslan & our little new addition is Pan as he joined us the day before Pancake day!

The soon to be next door neighbours of Muffin & Stumpy arrived this week! A trio of R. kerstenii aka PYGMYELEONS! They are pygmy chameleons and absolutely gorgeous. At 11 months old they are around middle aged, we believe one of the girls has been laying already :D Will let you know if babies hatch. The trio are currently in their quarentine abode in another room away from the existing reptile collection.

Whats happening with the snakes I hear you ask? I'm getting there!

Lady & Dexter have had several more pairings, he certainly has got the hang of it for a little chap. Im chuffed to bits at the possiblity of having baby royals this year! Keep everything crossed for us!

Iliria (Opal Stripe) X Pooface( Hypo Bloodred) have been put together a couple of times and no hook up as yet. Its still early, last year it was the start of April that Iliria was paired with Kai so she may just not be ready yet.

There is a secret mating happened of a special project, all will be revealed in oooh....2/3 years time :lol:! 2 hook ups have occured!

Also planned this year is Kiss (Snow het or Homo Hypo het Charcoal) X River (Platinum) & possibly Phoenix (Amel stripe) X Earl (Hypo Stripe) Or Sprite (Snow Stripe) X Komodo (Amel Stripe/Cube).

You can see my plans are a clear as mud at the mo....I have the pairings in my head sorted and on many many bits of paper, but alas, I have to do as the animals dictate and if they dont want to pair there is little I can do about it!

The furries.....we are sad to say we lost our little Oona last weekend to a brain tumour, she was our stunning little Siamese dumbo rat. It was all very sudden and her sister Loki misses her greatly. Although rosy apple flavoured yoghurt drops seem to be helping the grieving process. As over 2 years old we feel Loki is too old to have a new companion introduced to her so she has moved inside and demands our presence at her cage each time we reach the top of the stairs.

Shadow the husky has fully recovered from his op in January to remove coal from several places inside his body! We decided to stop training for rallies and concentrate on getting him back to fitness and give my poor (not so) old body a rest. We are also preparing ourselves for the possible new arrival of a 4 legged furry in the summer, all will be revealed when more is confirmed!

The other dogs are well, the hedgepig is as grumpy as ever. The ferrets are good apart from poor old Mojo is now on heart meds but he doesnt know any different and is as crazy as ever.

I've probably missed someone out but if you didnt know the amount of animals we owned...aherm...are owned by....you do now!

Am in bed with the flu hence the long and waffly update, enjoy!

2011 season under way

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:10:00 +0000

Well on Jan 1st we had our first hatchlings....2 little Crested gecko babies, gorgeous wee souls.

On Valentines day I began pairing, a little earlier than normal. No corn snake hook ups to report but I did witness 3 locks the following day with my Mojave Royal Python male, Dexter and his betrothed, Lady. Lady is a proven Wild type female who we got from Stacey @ Masterpiece morphs.

We have 2 more crested gecko eggs icubating.

There are possible plans afoot to breed one or two of our leopard gecko girls this year, I just cant decide!

Keep an eye on the site for further updates and pictures as the season progresses.

Layla x

Winters coming....

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:11:00 +0000

Ooops neglected blog!

With lots of little mouths to feed & Doncaster show then husky racing training I've forgotten about my blog!

Well Aro X Rustys clutch was lovely, Amels, Snows, 3 Snow stripes and one wee lonley Amel Stripe! The Amels were a real hit at Doncaster show.

The show was amazing and thanks to Lexcorns Alun for building my amazing show display to show off my kids :D I had the company of ProCorns Adam & Debbie, Lexcorns Lex (then later Alun) & Kev of Bci Morphs.

I didnt behave myself at the show....we added a Pinstripe Crested gecko hatchling. Gargoyle gecko hatchling, 3 corns ( 2 pre- booked) from Procorns & a hatchling & yearling from Lexcorn ......I also went shopping for a friend and that was great fun!! A pair of Brazillian Rainbow boas, my only regret is not getting a little girl for myself. Looks like I'll have to wait a couple of years!
I also picked up our female boa from Kev, a gorgeous Pastel Salmon female

She has been nicknamed BeeCee and hates her daddy lol. *sigh* she was his birthday present!!

More kids on the way...

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:25:00 +0000

Well with Clutch 1 feeding and Clutch 2 starting we are eagerly awaiting Rusty X Aro's clutch.

Both Ahi & Trinity have provided us with a few more eggies in double clutch.

Please see our Breeding 2010 pics for our exciting hatchlings from Trinity's clutch.

We have just introduced a beautiful male Mojave 66% Hypo 09 male from Welsh Reptile Breeders and are very much looking forward to getting him involved in our breeding programme.

Babies, babies, babies

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:48:00 +0000

We finally have our first babies of the season, some stunning Hypos & Wild Types which will make fabulous project animals who could go on to make Ghosts, Blizzards, Phantoms & Platinums! Check out our Breeding 2010 page for details.

Kev @ BCI morphs was kind enough to take a moment to send us a piccy of our girl who is changing already we'll get the pic up of her asap!