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Originally Posted by ncaissie
My snakes are about two years and 3 months. Is it possible one of them is a female and is just being protective?
If one is and they mate what will happen? Will they eat the eggs? It is the same one that went almost 2 months (I think) without eating last summer.
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Some people say that you can house corns together.
I think it is stupid (since it is so cheap and easy to house them separately).
Especially if they are different sizes and different sexes.
If they mate, the female might lay eggs- but if she is too young, she might get egg bound and die.
The snakes can develop eating problems and get stressed out. Although rare, they can eat each other- then they will both probably die.
If you are having ANY problems with your snakes, my first suggestion would be to separate them and give them a week or so to adjust- THEN see if they still have the problem.
What to put your snakes in? Sterilite plastic boxes. Just drill/melt some small air holes (way too small for the snake to think about fitting through) and you are good to go!
Here is a pic of my set up for 8 snakes:
Those plastic bins cost me about 4 bucks a piece at Home Depot. I secure the lids with binder clips- you know, the kind you buy at Staples:
Then I use Flexwatt heat tape for heating (it is running along the back part of the shelves)
Go here to get heat tape:
http://www.bigappleherp.com/Flex-Watt-Heat-Tape
Any other questions, feel free to PM me. :-)