Cohabiting questions

So, my female ghost is about twenty months now. She's confident and exploitative, but not aggressive, eating well, but a little small for her age (will update with precise grams later)

I am interested in getting another snake, and I was wondering if it would be possible to cohabit my 20 month female ghost with a similar aged female cornsnake? Here's my argument.

I will have another viv on standby if it doesn't work, but it would be preferential. I am well aware that this isn't recommended, but am just wondering if there is any way or chance that cohabiting two females of this age (who haven't been cohabited before) /can/ work? I know it's unlikely, but has anyone tried to do something similar? Did it work? Not work? Anything I can do to improve my chances?

I must stress again, I do know the general advice on this. I'm a long way off actually doing it, and will not push my snakes to the point where they are too stressed. My inquiry is based on the fact I want to know whether or not there is any chance of this working or there's literally 0 chance.

You already know the best advice, don't do it. If your concerns are that they may be stressed over sharing the same vivarium, it's possible. Snakes aren't gregarious, and tend to go their separate ways in nature. However, I know there are people who have housed their corns together for years with no problems. Of course they were fed separately. I have housed corns together for a month while I was building a new rack system. I often found them laying together, or in the same hide.

When I had my 2 together I found them together a lot of the time
Pat


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People in Europe routinely cohab corns, but people in the US do not. I think this is because people in Europe keep them in much bigger environments. If both corns are adults it might work, however, the many reasons not to still exist. You would for sure want to feed separately. I'd say... if you already will have a second viv, just keep them apart. There's no reason to keep them together except human reasons-- the snakes would prefer to be apart.

People who say "They were always together," yes, because they want the best temps. And in a viv those are usually the same places.

My 2 have got their own viv now they wasn’t together very long
Your right here in the UK lots of people keep corns together
Pat


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I saw an ad stating that someone wanted to find a home for 2 corn snakes. I inquired, thinking I could help the person find a good home for the snakes. She said the snakes have been in the same tank for over 5 years, and she said they were a pair. I asked her how she knew that, and she said the female laid eggs, which she threw out. She also said she fed them in the same tank with no problems. This could have been a recipe for disaster, but thankfully the pair was given away to someone who now keeps them separate.

As I said my 2 have their own viv a few weeks ago we found 10 eggs in zusee viv
It’s been well over six months they was together for a short time
Pat


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Hi Patmart. At least the one egg I saw a picture of, of yours, was without a doubt infertile. I don’t know about the others, but if they were small and yellowish like that one they had not been fertilized. Snakes can retain viable sperm for a long time, but I don’t think either of yours was sexually mature when they were briefly together. In any case, you did right to separate them. Just because something can be done doesn’t mean it’s best for the snakes.

Your right DollysMom
We found 9 more the same colour bless her
Hope next year it won’t happen poor zusee
Pat


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I hope it doesn’t happen again as well. As long as she passes them all without problems, that’s the important thing.

Honestly even female corns held without another snake present can have egg laying issues. My friend has a female creamsicle and she lays and lays and lays and has never been exposed to a male. It's to the point where it is actually detrimental to her health. One reason why, as a pet owner, I tend to buy male corns as much as possible.

I have two females. One was cohabbed before she was rescued and laid fertile eggs in foster care. She hasn’t laid since. So far my other corn has shown no signs of follicle development. Both are housed singly with no males in the household. The female that continuously lays slugs to her detriment is pretty rare. The other side of the coin is male mating behavior and feeding strikes. Get whatever sex you want. They both have pros and cons.