...Josh, I think you get "king of links" title for today. Every thread I've gone in, you've not only alredy been there, but you've found a link thats more useful than anything I've got to say.
Anyway, to the OP...
Honey, dont co-hab. Its easy not to do, and you know there wont be problems. The people who have had "no problem" are simply living on borrowed time. Theres no problem until you come home one day to one big mother of a problem. Snakes who cuddle? they're auctually fighting for dominance. Snakes who seem 'loanly' Are just scoping out their new territory. Other than that, they refuse to eat or even worse: reguge. The snakes kept together are in a constant state of stress...which is difficult to see for people because snakes dont really emote in a way we understand.
In my own limited experiance: i got a snake from a guy who said it wouldnt eat...and when it would eat, it would only eat live. It was being co-habbed with another cornsnake from the same clutch, the other snake was growing much faster than this one.
I got them both, put them in sepperate tubs, and the snake ate f/t for me first try, no tease. The guy who had owned them previously had tried everything to get this snake to eat and it WOULD NOT. The only thing he didn't try was keeping them sepperate, which is what the snake needed.
Snakes are solitary creatures that only meet in passing in more normal circumstances. Granted, keeping them in captivity is not 'natural' but we should still as keepers attempt to make them happy with us...and giving them solitary space is one of thoes ways, just like fresh drinking water and food. It IS that important to keep them apart.
I'm sure the person giving/selling you the new snake is telling you its fine. If you chose to accept that information over what you have heard here, that is your own choice. It will not be correct, but it will be yours to make.
Good luck, If you chose to keep them together, dont talk about it on this forum, there are many people here who feel VERY strongly that co-habbing is animal abuse and will treat you accordingly. I feel you simply need more information.
Take care.
