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more than 1 cornsnake

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hageman_hi

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We are newer to the reptile world....we love our cornsnake Drake. We've had him since october and he's doing well. He was born last July. Anyway, I was wondering if you can keep more than one cornsnake in the same habitat? If so, what are the recomended ways of introducing the snakes. i asume it would be best to get snakes of the same average size? does it matter if the corn snakes are different varieties (drake is a normal, thinking about getting a different color variant like an albino) and if I dont plan to breed them is it important to get them sexed? What are the problems that can arise? will they fight or eat eachother? Also, he's in a 10 gal right now but am looking to upgrade to a larger cage, and seeing that he's an escape artist, one with a little tighter fitting lid! what size should I go with if I want it to comfortably house more than one corn snake of adult size? Drake is only about 14 inches right now but want to get something that him and if possible a companion or two could easy live in the rest of their lives. Also one last question, he's been eating pinkie dwarf hamsters (had bad experiences with breeder mice....they kept eating eachother...) and he can now eat about 4 every eating (fed about every 10 days). I have heard hamster fur can gag snakes and kill them by getting caught in their throats? the hamsters fur is short, but it is a different texture than mice. if that is the case, is there anything wrong with staying with about week-old babies? should I feed him more at every eating or just feed him more offten? would buy frozen but there is not a supplier around here....closest is 2 1/2 hrs away....
thanks for any imput!
Meagan and family:confused:
 
Meagan,

I wouldn't house two corns together for a variety of reasons. You ought to just do a search on this site with the key words "hous*" "two*" or "cannibalism." That will give you all of the information you could EVER want on the subject, so you can make an informed decision.

As to your need for frozen mice, I would suggest Big Cheese Rodent Factory as a good source. They come cleanly packaged, shipped directly to your door, boxed in dry ice. I have NEVER had a problem using them at all!
 
I would second the BCRF. I got my shipment very well insulated with plenty of ice left. The mice were vacuum packed and had a good appearance (no feces, extra limbs, urine, etc.)
 
in all seriousness though, I also recommend
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Well there was a post with a mouse with a missing limb posted on this site earlier. Maybe not extra limbs. But that would be pretty scary.
 
Ehh...limbs, tails and ears sometimes do break off after being frozen and tossed around a bit. No biggie...they felt no pain!


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thanks

hi every,
thanks for your replys. i have been having a hard time logging into the site for some reason. it hasnt been recognizing me as a memeber! wondery why......anyhow hopefully this will work this time. i just wanted to say thanks for the advise. if we get another snake he/she will have their own cage and i will check out that website and see if i can get some mice ordered for my drake!
thanks again
Meagan
 
Im new to this forum, but this thread caught my attention because I have had cornsnakes together for years without any issues. I do feed seperately though. I also only keep males and females together 1 of each thats it.
 
I have often heard that people recomend that cornsnakes are kept seperatly.

However, I keep 2 max in each of my tanks, and it seems to be one male and one female only as in my experience the same sexed snakes fight for a reason unbenown to myself. I have one cornsnake that is very unsociable, and he lives on his own, I have tried introducing a lovely female for company and other things, but no, he doesn't want to know.

I think that whatever goes for your snake is the right thing.

Have you got The Cornsnake Manual by Bill and Kathy Love, this is the Cornsnake Keepers bible.

Good luck.
 
Together ...

We've had our two '02 male corns in the same 30 gallon tank together since we purchased them as hatchlings 1.5 years ago. They never act aggressively with each other, no signs of fights or bites on them. We do take care to feed them separately, in their own substrate-free boxes. They're thriving and show no signs of stress, they eat like pigs and don't seem to mind being handled.

Having said that, I have a newer '03 hatchling that doesn't want to be housed with other snakes. When we got her, we put her into a 20 gallon tank with two other '03 hatchlings. Whenever we reached into the tank for any reason, the new one got real jumpy and started shaking her tail (gotta love the rattlesnake trick!). Once we moved her to her own private tank, she got over her jumpiness.

I guess it all depends on the personailty of your corns. As long as they're eating and showing no signs of stress, you're probably alright.
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The only problem with that, aside from the usual arguments of stress, and disease spread, is that you risk a female mating when it's too young to safely lay eggs. I wouldn't recommend that you keep the opposite sex together at all.
 
I've got two girl corns (a normal okatee and a albino motely) in the same cage, first the one that had been on its own for a few months freaked out a bit but now about a month later they curl up and interwine with each other and watch the tv if ive got it on, sweet really!:)
 
nica_chick412 said:
Mine seems to watch tv too! How well do they see?
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Well we went to the herpio-optomotrist (spelling?) and got some new prescription glasses. They said they currently don't have contacts for snakes and lasik costed too much so now we're here both watching tv (with good vision.)
 
Originally found on Big Cheese Rodent Factory website
Breeder of superior quality frozen feeder mice and rats.
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Gosh, I wonder how you breed frozen mice...
Must take a while, they move pretty slow.
 
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