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gizmo1987uk

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i have two corn snakes who have grew up in the same tank since they were wee an they have always been fine together and now they seem to be edgey with each other will i have to seperate them:confused:
 
Most of us here are anything from anti-cohabbing to violently anti-cohabbing. You are correct that cohabbed corn snakes should be fed separately, but really, cohabbing isn't good for corn snakes. Regardless of gender, it causes them stress because they are solitary animals that in the wild avoid each other except when it is mating time. If you hav a male & a female, the male WILL try to breed her (think rape). If she is too small, this could kill her thru egg-binding etc. If you have two males they may well fight just like two of any other male animal. Please just separate them.

You don't have to get anything fancy for the second vivarium. A plastic tub will work. If you like the look of hand built vivariums or glass tanks, you can always keep one of them in the tub TEMPORARILY until your budget permits you to get a second nice vivarium.

But please separate them ASAP.

Edit: there are other UK members here who can probably tell you where to get tubs & heat mats the least expensively.
 
gizmo1987uk said:
whats wrong with them that i will have too seperate them
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How soon after feeding do you put them back together?

You might try keeping them separate for half an hour or an hour after food, or giving them a chance to rinse. They may smell smell like prey to each other.

Or split them up, as was mentioned.
 
I recently purchased both Don Soderbergs book and the one written by Kathy and Bill Love, both are excellent resources and have very good advice as far as housing, feeding and cohabbing (AKA Don't do it!!) Highly recomended :) You can order both books along with Charles Pritzels Cornsnake morph guide from the same website for a reasonable cost. I can't link the site here but if you do a search for it you should find it :)
 
If they're just reaching maturity then adult behaviour might be kicking in. Do you know whether they're male or female? Two males together can fight. A male and a female will mate (whether you want them to or not - no special requirements).

Best to separate them if you can, then there's no risk of stress or injury.
 
The snakes should be separated immediately. Nearly everybody here is against co-habbing for many reasons...one of which is aggression toward snakes in the same vivarium. Something your snakes are already exhibiting, so separating them is a must.
 
I used to cohabitate my corns (i know :p ) and they too got edgy, and one of mine even became a bitter. corn snakes do like to have their space and evolutionarily can and will eat each other when given the chance. What is probably happening is that they are getting stressed out while in attack mode from feeding when you put them back together.
I would recommend at this point getting a dif cage for each of them and get them separated. one of my corns became very aggressive when they started showing signs of aggression towards each other, and became a really bad biter, puffing and hissing at me. It took me a long time to get them to chill back out and not be afraid or have to act territorial towards things entering the cage. What is causing it is just stress, most corns dont encounter another snake too often in their time and they would then avoid each other or try and eat the other one!

It is stress, from feeding, from growth, territory, and being too close together. unless they have a huge HUGE viv for their own, like massive, i dont recommend it. :( sowwies. For now you could even just set up a rubbermaid if it is a cost issue, thats what i did for a while when i was finishing up college :)
 
No. They're still going to try and get to each other to a) try and prove who's the boss or b) mate.

You still don't want either of these to happen, so just get them out at different times.

Don't worry - they don't "miss" each other and they don't need to be together at any time.
 
its mildly saddening i know ): id love to have my snakes cuddle together all the time but the truth is they dont do that naturally even :p very few snakes, and not corns, get together in groups. Its usually a brief encounter for fighting or mating and thats it :p

Having them come out at different times it best :)
 
Dorgrim said:
its mildly saddening i know ): id love to have my snakes cuddle together all the time but the truth is they dont do that naturally even :p very few snakes, and not corns, get together in groups. Its usually a brief encounter for fighting or mating and thats it :p

Having them come out at different times it best :)
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I'd like to add on to this; what we perceive as "cuddling" (such as together in a hide) is actually competing for the best resources, that is the most secluded and safe hide, the warmest place to digest, the nicest place to sleep, etc.
 
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