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3 cornsnakes...can live together for a year.

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CornDazzle

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OK, I am new at snakes. I bought 3 corns in May. The employee told me that my 3 hatchlings will easily live together in a 10g tank for at least a year. He said that he has 4 species of snakes for the last 5 years. My snakes were the size of pencils in May...now they are 23" 26" and 30" this is Oct...5 months later. I separated my snakes into three individual (and expensive at that immediate moment) 10g tanks three days after purchase. When they were housed together, Pinky stayed hidden while Motley kept to a corner because Creamsicle would eat them during food time!!! Where did this snake employee get his info and how does he have success with his at home??? My next Q: When is a cornsnake too big for a 10g tank and the pet store says that my snakes cannot be the sizes listed above so soon (now he says I am lying?) :eek1:
 
Oh dear, some of them really don't know their stuff do they. I'm pleased you had the sense to separate them ner enough straight away :cheers: I've had mine for 5 years, and I'd say I'm still a novice - why he'd think 4 species in 5 years makes him a fountain of knowledge I don't know!

There are lots of threads regarding suitably sized vivs, when you should move up and so on, try doing a search (or post again if you can't find any and I'll have a looksee for you).

Some people have housed their snakes together successfully. It seems he is one of them - so far, of course. If I were you I wouldn't go back there, they clearly are a bit thick :) Fancy saying you're lying about the size of your snakes, surely you'd know better than them?!

Keep us posted on how you get on.
 
I personally moved my snake to a larger viv when she was 25" long.. from a 10 gallon to a 33.3 gallon standard, but she is also VERY active and loves to slither around for hours on end. As for him calling you a liar.. what a moron! Treasure grew an inch a week for the first 3 months I had her! Shes a year old now, and 52 inches long. That pet store guy needs to be bonked on the head.

Glad to see you separtaed them.. some of the "snake in snake" pictures of snakes housed together scare me ~,~
 
CornDazzle said:
. The employee told me that my 3 hatchlings will easily live together in a 10g tank for at least a year.
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Sounds like the information sign posted under the cornsnakes' tank at Petco that I saw a few weeks ago. Half of those information signs for various reptiles and amphibians were wrong. They had a tank with about 8 ball pythons and no hides/caves/other hiding placing. I mean, it is not like a ball python is a seclusive snake or anything (yes, I am being sarcastic). As far as the sizes of your snakes, they do not sound impossible; they actually sound more feasible if anything. Most pet stores probably are not feeding their snakes on a normal cycle, and if they are housing them together like that, they may not even be feeding all of them everytime. I bought a hatchling hypomelanistic the first week of September from a breeder at a show. She was born August 15; she currently measures 13-14"; I'll have her up to your guys' sizes in no time. You could probably get away a little longer with your snakes in the 10 gallons, but I usually begin the switch to a larger, longer tank when they reach the sizes of your snakes (24-30"), and I definitely have them switched by the time they reach 36". Anyways, welcome to forums.
 
Ive heard snakes can stay in a cage until they are twice the length of it...
 
CornDazzle said:
the pet store says that my snakes cannot be the sizes listed above so soon (now he says I am lying?) :eek1:
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oh dear. once again we have a case of. Pet stores know nothing. :p I under stand what you mean. Up here we have only one petstore. Yes they have a snake and its a little hatchling. I wanted them since they day I saw them but then again, the price for the snake is 120, Canadian. For a hatchling....who feeds pretty regularly.... :eek1: no way is it worth that friggin much. I would deffinatly buy it if it was a rare morph. but its not. So don't worry CornDazzle, I once had a friend called worse.
 
Gintha said:
I personally moved my snake to a larger viv when she was 25" long.. from a 10 gallon to a 33.3 gallon standard, but she is also VERY active and loves to slither around for hours on end. As for him calling you a liar.. what a moron! Treasure grew an inch a week for the first 3 months I had her! Shes a year old now, and 52 inches long. That pet store guy needs to be bonked on the head.

Glad to see you separtaed them.. some of the "snake in snake" pictures of snakes housed together scare me ~,~
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52" long at a year old - thats a monster - could u post a pic?
 
CornDazzle said:
Where did this snake employee get his info and how does he have success with his at home???
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To get an idea of where some pet store experts get there advice, take a look at this thread I started last night. Three of the replies in particular after my initial post give some great insight on what's going on.

And as far as how he's had success doing this at home, look at it this way:

Nobody is saying that corns can't be housed together...they're saying that corns shouldn't be housed together. Just because none of them has died yet is not saying much. Short of asking the snakes, there are a few ways to tell if they're extra stressed under those conditions (always hiding, like you mentioned, would be a red flag for me). Chances are, they are stressed.

I could run down a busy highway in black clothing at 3am. Just because I do it once and don't die in the process doesn't make it a good idea to keep doing, does it? Why tempt fate?
 
If corns are being housed together they need pleanty of a room, with your snakes growing so fast there was no way they could be kept in a 10 gallon tank together for very long. Some snakes will hide a lot just because of their personality though, so you have to know your snakes personality before housing them together so you can see if there are any changes in their behavior, and they both have to have enough room. I was told that a viv should be twice as long as the snake (give or take). So for example, a four foot corn, in a 30 gallon tank would be appropriate because there would be 8 feet of tank. Now of couse if you get a 6' corn a 30 gallon would probably still be adequate. at two feetish, you might want to consider getting the size tank you'll use when they're full grown, just add an extra hide or two since they might be a little "lost" in the hugeness of the new tank.
 
Theres a few pics of her in the photo forum.. one of her in her viv.. which is 62 or 67 inches long.. I forget ~,~ Shes my friendly giant =) And yes.. only one year old, unless the store was WAY off.. she was 11 inches when I got her and they said she was 3 months old. (saw something here about $120 CAD for a hatchling... Treasure was $250 but I HAD to have her =P)
 
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