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my reasons for not feeding live and not keeping snakes in the same tank can be quite easily summed up. i will never have to say oops my snake is dead because another snake or a rodent killed it. its not one of those things that can be remedied after the fact so to be proactive about it is the only acceptable solution as far as my snakes are concerned. that about covers it for me.... jim
 
Jim.

That is one area in which we are in complete agreement. I have never, and will never feed my snakes on live food. That is one risk I am definitely not prepared to take. It is most certainly the F/T option for me. As I've said all along, and bizzy and Brian would appear to agree, housing the snakes together is personal choice, be it right or wrong, but to introduce a full grown defensive mouse I feel is simply asking for trouble. Throughout the last four years my female has been fed on the full range of mouse sizes, from pinkies to full grown mice. On one occasion I tried rat pups and they were readily accepted. When rodents were unavailable I tried a form of snake sausage, and although the first feed was taken, subsequent meals were refused. I intend to continue with F/T mice, but if you have any views on alternative feeds I would be interested to hear them.
 
Well I have a question that is and isn't along these lines. Is it bad for males to be housed with other males and females to be housed with other females, or is this a very stressful environment also?
 
jaxel said:
Well I have a question that is and isn't along these lines. Is it bad for males to be housed with other males and females to be housed with other females, or is this a very stressful environment also?
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i personally would not house 2 males together, purely because they fight around breeding season inparticular, whether theres a female around or not, they will fight and the majority of the time it ends with the smaller male dead. housing 2 females together should be fine, they do not fight, but along with a lot of other people i do not house more than one per viv, only to breed, will a male and female live together for a little while.
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