housing together

[maegann]

i was wondering about housing two corns together. my mom says i can get another corn as long as they can share the same cage. so, i guess my question is, how safe is it to house 2 corns together? :shrugs:

 

[Paradox]

No. I haven't done it myself, but apparently it is never a good idea. I would wait for more experianced advice, but I beleive the general idea is no

 

[gnarhimself]

i was wondering about housing two corns together. my mom says i can get another corn as long as they can share the same cage. so, i guess my question is, how safe is it to house 2 corns together? :shrugs:

HI Maeganni.
Many people have done this successfully,but i think the general concensus i gonna be NO!!
Over and above the stress its going to cause your snake,of suddenly having a "room-mate".Feeding has to be done seperately,as there's a serious risk of cannibalism waiting to happen. uke01:

Another problem of housing two corns together is: If one of them gets ill,how will you know which one?? :shrugs:
Also if 1 of your critters picks up a parasite or an infection,this COULD carry over to your second one,and the ultimate ending would be 2 sick snakes,or two dead snake.... :sobstory:

In my honest opinion...DONT DO IT!!!

 

[BeckyG]

No, never. Do a search on cohabitation and you will find plenty of reasons not to.

 

[Penman6668]

I just posted this in another thread but here it is:

Please read these:
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17308

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31192

 

[Tula_Montage]

I have successfully co-habed for several months now...
No problems as of yet.

But you just never know whats going to happen :shrugs:

 

[Roy Munson]

It's like drunk driving. Sometimes you can get lucky and do it without negative consequences for years. Then one night you total your car, scar up your face, break your leg, kill a fellow motorist, and get arrested. Despite it never having been a problem for you before, now it is.

 

[Baba-Lou]

Well if you want to....and i know a lot of people do this. How big is your tank. If its huge....put an opaque divider down the middle. this'll separate the tank into two tanks. that way their sharing the same tank but its split up. But if you have a small tank. I agree with most. DON'T. many reasons

-early breeding.
-stress
-possible 1 snake eating the other
-one might regurge and you don't now who did it.
-you might not know the exact gender of the snake and might house 2 males together causing fighting
-1 might get sick and you won't know what one is sick


plus you have to quarantine the new snake from the current snake for at a minimum of 3 months. and why buy a new tank and leave it empty in 3 months just to move it in with your current snake. then you'll have a left over tank. and while quarantining. you need different equipment with them. always have to wash your hands when working back and forth with the snakes. why go through all the stress of trying to wait 3 months to get both of them housed together. no point. easier to keep the one you have. Or if you get another, keep it in that tank.

 

[Serpwidgets]

And this thread is relevant too.

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35226

 

[colinmcc]

i was wondering about housing two corns together. my mom says i can get another corn as long as they can share the same cage. so, i guess my question is, how safe is it to house 2 corns together? :shrugs:

By the sound of it, your mum seems to be saying you can only have one tank.

In which case, it's a moot point.

You'd need a separate setup to house the new arrival separately for the first three months to quarantine it anyway.

Regardless of your opinion on long term co-habitation, you can't just buy another snake and chuck it straight in with the one you already have.

 

[Lore]

However... a potential solution to your quandry would be to purchase a large 40 gallon long tank put a divider in the middle, and VIOLA! You've made your mom happy AND you have seperate viv's for your snakes. :cheers:

 

[Baba-Lou]

Didn't i say that exact same thing in my post???

 

[Lore]

Maybe you did... I didn't read the responces once I saw several of course said no to the housing together etc.

oke: :blowup: