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Is it ok to house two snakes together?

Is it ok to house 2 corns together?

  • Only if they arent both males

    Votes: 9 4.9%

  • Yes! never had a problem

    Votes: 41 22.5%

  • No! I've had problems

    Votes: 84 46.2%

  • Depends on the "personality" of the snakes

    Votes: 48 26.4%
  • Total voters
    182
Maegann -

Any thread with a poll will automatically be "bumped" when someone votes in the poll, even if they don't make a post. That's why you've seen it reappear.

I wish Rich could get a web monkey on this to allieviate the situation.

regards,
jazz
 
Omg!!!!

right now after this iamfreaking out, ibought a baby on sunday they rekin she is about 5 months old i use the term losely as it has not been confirmed as she is to young yet, i bought another today as i could not resist as it was so beautiful. the problemis i was assured by both stores it was safe to house them together providing they ae both of around the same age.so now i have a 5 month anda 6 month in the same "yearling box" when i put the new one in eve was biting at it even tho it was a little larger but after 5minutes they calmed down, now they aeat oposite sides of the habitat.
the other half does not know theres another lil bundle of joy in the house as yet and is going to go nuts,
should i seperate then as soon as i can i dont want tocauseeitherof them
stress
 
miss_d_meanor said:
" when i put the new one in eve was biting at it even tho it was a little larger but after 5minutes they calmed down, now they aeat oposite sides of the habitat.
the other half does not know theres another lil bundle of joy in the house as yet and is going to go nuts,
should i seperate then as soon as i can i dont want tocauseeitherof them
stress
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dumb

yeah i know, i have been textin my eldest asking her to go get a starter kit and she can have eve as the younges daughter wnt part with the newbie as she picked itherself! the youngests comment was can we keep them both till wefind out if they are both male, ive told her it would be cruel and i dont want t cause stress. so i think eve will be ging on holiday tomoro to my eldest
daughter//learn by mistake as quick as pos is the eldest has just phoned and said she will take eve tomorrow crisis over and after tommorowevening 2 happy snakes and i cam enjoy both
 
Good plan! Then they will both be still in the family.
I guess you have "stupid pet shop employees" over there too!
 
Are u serious???????????

I may be new to this site, but I believe this one has been covered about thirty times already. sorry but the whole point of the new comers section of the forum, where I've also gotten good advice is so that you don't have to embarrass yourself by asking the same FAQ's over and over again
 
as a foil for all of those "oh no, the snakes are eating each other" posts here's a couple of pix of my happily cohabiting 'cannibal killers' :)

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shocking! i even feed them together:

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cute aren't they :)
 
Yes granted the pic is cute, but they are competing for the same space. Whether a hide or heat or for security, they are competing and not snuggling. I would give each their own and let them have all the full benefits of the viv instead of having to share.
 
In the last pic how big is the one on the bottom??? He/she's a BIG Boy! lol nice pics.

I would have to say, it's OK to house snakes together in the same viv, as long as there are enough hides for each. I would rather have different cages for each but...

Well about 10 min ago, I just separated my two little babies who have been in the same 10 gal for their entire lives. They seemed to just ignore each other...

Anyways, as long as there is plenty of space for them to have "alone time" I would say it's not a problem. But I would feed them separately... That could be a hazard to them.
 
I tell you what with my experiance unlike most here I only have 6 yrs under my belt. Most must have 10-30 yrs, I have always kept my snakes together meaning, all babies together and I pair off all the adults. Never keep more than one male in an enclosure when pairing. Until now I have one baby out of four that will not eat. I'll post a pic of her in a separate post. She has not eaten since she hatched and its been a long time but she is still holding on. You will notice the size difference and that was caused by housing more that one at a time, well according to everyone on this site says. In my opinion they might be right but I have 10 snakes and they have all been with one or more their hole lives and 1 out of 10, I think it just might be one that was not meant to live. That's in my opinion anyway.
 
roy_334 said:
as a foil for all of those "oh no, the snakes are eating each other" posts here's a couple of pix of my happily cohabiting 'cannibal killers' :)

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cute aren't they :)
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Are they a breeding pair? I'm not telling you to seperate them, I'm in the UK and it is accepted here more. But I really don't think you should feed them together. If one snake accidently went for the same prey item as the other one, at the same time, they have no choice. They both suffocate to death or one eats the other and will probably die too.
 
Ok a big part of the hole co-hab thing is that No Matter What you always feed them seperate, always. Try not to feed any of them in the viv were they live, if you do and have not had any problems then good for you. The problem is if one is feed out and one in then the smell of the mouse is still in the viv, and depending on whats going on snake might be mistaken for food because of the smell. I keep all my pairs together and babies but I always feed them in their own feeding tubs.
 
So I don't like joining in on these mass cohab conversations, but I do have to say one thing.

The first is that no matter your expiriences with keeping snakes together, you have to think about two things. The first is that snakes don't act like humans, they don't think like humans, and they don't have the emociens of humans. blah-blah We always seem to say that on here.:) The point is just what everyone has been saying. They might not be cuddling, even if it looks like it. The other thing to realize is that the reason we stress this point so much is that there is a POSSABILITY of something going wrong. You may not have had it happen yet, but you have to take the precation, don't you?

Now you think we can lock this thread or something??:):rolleyes:
 
beaniebopps said:
Are they a breeding pair? I'm not telling you to seperate them, I'm in the UK and it is accepted here more. But I really don't think you should feed them together. If one snake accidently went for the same prey item as the other one, at the same time, they have no choice. They both suffocate to death or one eats the other and will probably die too.
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they aren't a breeding pair per se, but they have been known to get 'jiggy with it' :eek:

as for the "don't feed them together they may accidentally eat each other" comment, i honestly don't know how to reply to that :shrugs:
 
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