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Question on tank sizes

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Robert

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Hello all I'm going to start looking into bigger tanks for my snakes was wondering what your opinions are on tanks for 2 snakes now keep in mind they are just little ones now but one day will be relatively large. 1 Lavender motley corn and 1 ball python

My question is what size tank would you keep them if they were adults I was looking at either the 55 gallon, 30 breeder, or the 40 breeder I like the breeders because they are wider.

Any help you may be able to give would be greatly appreciated.
 
I think the 55 gallon for the ball python and at least the 30 gallon breeder for the corn. You could go with the 40 or 55 gallon for the corn as well, if you have room.
 
Hey

An adult ball python will be fine in a 4ft viv.
And an adult corn will be fine ina 3ft viv.

Alex
 
Can I put my snakes which are young in an adult viv now what I'm trying to say is can I go and buy the 30 and 40 breeder tanks now and put then in it or would it be to big for them.

I'm trying to avoid buying alot of tanks I would like to just buy everything for them now so they wouldn't need it later.
 
I know what you mean.

Well, if you think about it. Cornsnakes in the will have the world to explore. So a big vivarium will be fine for a small snake. But if you feed the snake in the vivarium the snake might not eat because some snakes like a small area in which they feed in. This is easy to deal with. Just feed the snake in a small container then after the snake has eaten, return the snake back to its large vivarium.

My first snake which was 2ft lived in a large 3ft vivarium fine and she is still living there today.

Alex
 
I would go for a breeder-style tank for the ball python. 55s are only a foot deep, and ball pythons are thick snakes. I think it would appreciate the extra floor space. (gallon size is misleading - a 55gallon tank actually has -less- floorspace than a 30 or 40 breeder) It probably wouldn't take much advantage of the near-2ft height.

A corn could be comfortable in any of the mentioned sizes.

I'm not a big believer in the idea that you have to keep young snakes in small spaces, but I'm still not big on keeping hatchling-sized snakes in large tanks. Not for the snakes's heath, though, but for mine! It can be near-impossible to find a 15" snake in a large tank if you have a burrowing substrate. I have more peace-of-mind if I can find my snakes easily, without worrying that they may have escaped.
 
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