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More than one in a tank

temporalis

temporalis

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A friend wants to give me 2 corns and I only have one tank. is it ok to keep them together.

Thanks for any advise.
 
Please, do a search on "co-habitation" or "cohabitation" and you'll find many reasons why it's *not* a good idea to put 2 snakes together in the same tank. :)

Some people choose to do so, but I guess, they do so at their own risk. Snakes are, by nature, solitary creatures...

How big are the snakes? An adult corn, minimum, needs a 20-gallon tank & that's not too expensive to get from a pet store (with a lid & clamps, or at least a lid & some heavy books to stack on it!)...especially if you're getting the snakes free! :) Would your friend also be willing to sell you an additional tank for the snakes, too?
 
A cheap solution for housing is to house them in Sterilite or Rubbermaid containers. Just drill holes for ventilation and secure the lid with those black office clips. Attach an UTH to the bottom with a rheostat and you're all set. That'd only be a couple of dollars and lets you keep both snakes.

But as the other two said, don't house them together. It's just not worth the risk.
 
Now if you try it,and say the snakes are both females,,in a 75 gal.or larger,,and you feed them out side the tank,separately,,and when they are together they GET ALONG...then wheres the risk ??. :shrugs:
 
Droptines said:
Now if you try it,and say the snakes are both females,,in a 75 gal.or larger,,and you feed them out side the tank,separately,,and when they are together they GET ALONG...then wheres the risk ??. :shrugs:
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In my opinion, they're still wild animals. They may get along now, but there's always that chance that one won't invade on another's territory one time too many and get attacked. If one gets sick or stops going to the bathroom, it takes much longer to determine which of the snakes is affected. If mites get into the tank somehow, you have two snakes to treat instead of one. There are any number of reasons that make me think it just isn't worth the risk.
 
Like Janine says, there's never a problem with cohabitation until there's a problem...

No one yet has been able to tell me how it benefits the _snakes_.

Nanci
 
Droptines said:
and when they are together they GET ALONG
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How do animals without the cognitive capabilities to feel emotion "get along"? How does anyone know if they are truly "getting along" or if they are just tolerating forced close confinement?
 
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