Petco Nightmare (Cohabbing not so great)

Originally Posted by Silvergrin

:/ Is it really that common for pet stores to do this? I mean, I've seen it, sure, but there also seem to be plenty of BIG stores that don't. Does PetSmart cohab? Always looked like their snakes were separated to me.

I've seen petsmart cohab, but not colubrids. I have seen about 4 BPs crammed into a viv smaller than a 10 gallon. I asked the manager about it, and have never seen that many in one viv since. They're still doing two to a viv... but I figure it's improvement.

As for discussions on cohab: This thread is specifically about cohab in a certain store. It's extremely difficult to participate in this thread without presenting an opinion. And personally, I feel that saying "i don't care" after seeing photographic evidence that a pet was eaten by a cagemate shows a very irresponsible owner. In fact, I went to that users profile to check if they were a troll or not... and was pretty surprised to find out they have actually aren't.

And that wasn't one cannibal, it was two! One successfully ate a cagemate, the other tried and regurged!

Originally Posted by Nanci

What is a valid point, my snakes didn't eat each other/become gravid by accident YET? There is no benefit to the snakes by cohabitating- only potential harm.

Well said Nanci. I dont remember who it came from but someone made a comment that pretty much sums it up.

There is a risk in co-habbing, but there is no risk at all involved in housing corns separately.

JustineNYC: Great avatar, definitely cute, I can't get mine to sit still long enough to get the Santa hats on 'em!

Guess I'm lucky, the petco near me actually has some people that know what thay are doing. Everyone else that works there are idiots though.

Originally Posted by jmksnakes

JustineNYC: Great avatar, definitely cute, I can't get mine to sit still long enough to get the Santa hats on 'em!

Oh no its fake! If you go to www.blingee.com you can add the santa hat to any pic. Mine would never sit still for that LOL

Originally Posted by JustineNYC

Oh no its fake! If you go to www.blingee.com you can add the santa hat to any pic. Mine would never sit still for that LOL

I was kidding of course! But thanks for the website.

Originally Posted by MerlinsPop

Personally, I'd rather not see this sink down into another flame war over co-habbing. Bsr8129 clearly has made up his/her mind regarding the issue. If/when something happens, it happens.

Maybe that poster should keep his/her opinion to his/herself then, instead of looking for trouble in every thread where the topic is discussed. His/her initial post in this thread was trolling, pure and simple. He/she has next to no experience in keeping snakes, so what value is his/her opinion anyway? Allow me to do the math for you: it's worth nothing.

Let me be the first to recognize Dean's new signature... hilarious Dean, I laughed out loud. This is one of those subjects that has been/always will be a sensitive subject, but a little comedic relief never hurts.

Originally Posted by jmksnakes

Let me be the first to recognize Dean's new signature... hilarious Dean, I laughed out loud. This is one of those subjects that has been/always will be a sensitive subject, but a little comedic relief never hurts.

Others have recognized it, and it's been there for at least a week. But thanks.