I have 2 corn snakes one about 16 months old and one about 5 months old. They both live happily together in a large viv and have done for a few months. About 3-4 weeks ago the older snake became aggressive up until then we have been able to take her out and handle her, but since about 3 weeks ago everytime we go near her she strikes, quite viciously, constricting round my hand too. I take her out of the tank to feed her and I've increased her feeds incase that was the problem but its not helping. The older snake is female and we're not sure but think the younger one is male.
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- Thread starter suehelle
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MegF.
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Sigh...o.k. Corns do not live happily together....you've decided that they are happy together because they're sharing a hide. Purely a temperature thing. They don't happily live together in the wild. They live happily alone. With such a disparate age difference, I'd seperate. It could be stress or something else triggering the aggressive behavior. You're putting your smaller snake at risk of being injured. If you don't know if you're putting males and females together, you're really asking for trouble. The 5 month old is young now, but if it is a male, you risk him impregnating a very young female. I can tell you the males are ready to breed long before the females are. How often are you feeding? It shouldn't be more than once a week on a yearling.
Plums
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I actually separated my two after experiencing a few small probs, 1 being that they are both males but my eldest wouldnt leave my youngest alone, forever chasing him around the viv. Plus now they have been separated for a while, I find it allot easier.
When housed together its difficult to resolve possible problems (passing of feaces) plus, if one of them was to be sick & I wasnt around, you dont know which one it came from. Since separating them I find it allot easier keeping track of them individually & I believe that as a snake owner it is essential to be responsible & know that you are providing the best enviroment possible for them .
Allot of people find housing their snakes together works well if they are of the same size & experience no problems. I also noticed on the RSPCA website earlier that on the care sheet it says that it is perfectly 'ok' to house together..???!!! its a very sticky subject really, (on every forum) but its worth a try housing them separatley, surley? if its for the general happiness of you snakes.
Good Luck
When housed together its difficult to resolve possible problems (passing of feaces) plus, if one of them was to be sick & I wasnt around, you dont know which one it came from. Since separating them I find it allot easier keeping track of them individually & I believe that as a snake owner it is essential to be responsible & know that you are providing the best enviroment possible for them .
Allot of people find housing their snakes together works well if they are of the same size & experience no problems. I also noticed on the RSPCA website earlier that on the care sheet it says that it is perfectly 'ok' to house together..???!!! its a very sticky subject really, (on every forum) but its worth a try housing them separatley, surley? if its for the general happiness of you snakes.
Good Luck