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More than one corn to a cage

M

Maizesnake

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Ok so I bought three five month old corns from a breeder. He told me that yes they could be housed in the same tank with no issue as long as it was appropriately sized. (He said 25 gallon and I got a 30 gallon anyway).
I have had no issue with the snakes and they eat separately and are active and not aggressive towards one another at all and always curl up together. (They are 11 months old now)

I've searched the internet and read books and I always find conflicting information about housing them together as well as several statements that they were sometimes cannibalistic (which I had never heard before). Some say you can house more than one and some say you shouldn't.

I want the best for my three snakes so what's the answer? And on a side note: Seriously? Cannibals? I know kings are...but corns?
 
Your going to get a variety of answers on this so this is just my 2 cents. They aren't social animals and would never cohab in the wild, they curl up because they are competing for heat or coolness at any given time and not because they like each other, and yes they can eat each other. So knowing the risks and natural behavior of corns I don't personally cohab. There are no amount of hides that will make them comfortable sharing their home and one day one will decide it is sick of company. Also curling up can be a sign of aggression where they are trying to assert ownerhip of a spot or dominance.
 
Thank you for that answer. It was helpful and I can see exactly what you're saying and agree.
I should have realized when I knew the morphs the breeder had and he didn't that I should have been wary.
I guess that just because you can breed them doesn't make you a well-informed responsible breeder.
I'll pick up a couple of new tanks tomorrow.
 
Good for you! I tend to stay out of the cohab threads anymore, but it is great to see someone take good advice to heart and put the welfare of their snakes first.
 
Lennycorn said:
Maybe you could send some of this information back to the ..."breeder"
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I agree! And I'm glad to see that the original poster is biting the bullet and buying vivs for all snakes. It's too bad you were misled by the "breeder", but it's a good thing you learned before you had any problems!
 
I'll be speaking to the breeder for sure. I keep other reptiles and am serious about it but in the case of this particular topic there were alot of yes answers and alot of no answers so I figured I'd ask here.

I'm just happy someone took the time to respond rather than roll their eyes at what most of the expert keepers would consider a stupid question.
 
I'm no snake expert, but I'm glad your taking the advice instead of argueing that they have been fine till now. Early reproduction along with the other things mentioned are also no fun and potentially deadly so allowing them their own home was a great choice:)
 
You would be surprised how many people think there is nothing wrong with cohabbing. I usually don't waste my breath trying to tell people it's a bad idea anymore, they believe what they believe and there is no getting through to them unless they have a problem. You might see these people selling snakes at shows and they don't even know the hets because there is no way they can know which male of their group bred with their female. Just don't be too surprised if the breeder is the one rolling their eyes. Unfortunately because corns are not expensive or hard to breed if one dies some breeders just get another and throw it in the group. If the species were just a little more difficult to keep there would probably be better information out there.
 
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