Same tank ok??

i have two baby cornsnakes each 20 inches long in a 10 gallon tank. i do not know the sex of them and bought them at different pet stores. they have been together now for 2 weeks and i have seen them curled around each other various times.

Is it ok to keep them in thier tank together now, and when i move the 2 of them both into a 40 gallon in a couple weeks. does the sex matter although its unknown. i am assuming they are both females or both males because thier tails feel the same??. i geuss are they territorial when in heat, or do they go in heat?!?

Do a search for cohabbing. It is very highly recommended to separate as soon as possible. I have personally lost a snake due to cohabbing (cannibalism).
The easiest way to get them sexed is to find a breeder or reptile store near you.

You might be able to get away with it for a while but it's not a good idea. Kind of like walking around in a thunderstorm carrying a metal pole...

You never know.. when the little buggers are going to be hungry in the last 1-2 day of your feeding schedule, after all they're WILD reptiles. It happens and you'll regret it when it does LOL

i've never had problems wit it. and i been doing it for a year already

tommymamba said:

i've never had problems wit it. and i been doing it for a year already

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It's never a problem until it becomes a problem.

tommymamba said:

i've never had problems wit it. and i been doing it for a year already

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I don't think one person doing it for one year is enough to say it's ok....
Breeding too young, disease and stress are your biggest problems.....
I'd separate them if I was you....
No, if I was you, I wouldn't of co-hab'd in the first place.....

There are a lot of excellent reasons NOT TO cohab. These include possible cannibalism, sharing potential diseases, breeding dangerously young, and being unsure who shed or defecated to name only a few. The only reason TO cohab is human convenience.....and when you're talking about two snakes, the inconvenience factor isn't high anyway.

That "cuddling" behaviour, curling around each other, is a silent battle for dominance. Corns never live together in nature. Forcing them to do so in captivity is unkind at best, and dangerous at worst.

It's good that you're asking. Best of luck to you and your snakes.