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Split level vivarium

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jbrunn1980

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So, I made a viv roughly 4x 1.5x 1.5 which currently houses my corn. I would like to get a second snake, but I really don't want to fill the room with vivs. Would splitting it horizontally, making the height roughly 9 inches be okay? Moreover, would I need to feed the snakes at the same time (since the fun of having 2 is nearly always being able to hold one)?
 
So you would have one snake on top of the other, but in the same viv? I don't think that would work... how would you get the divider out to get to the bottom snake without having to remove everything from the top one? From what you describe, the floor of the upper viv would be the roof of the other viv? How would air circulate to the "lower" viv? And what about creating a proper warm side in each? Maybe I'm not quite understanding...
 
I'm not so much worried about the construction aspects. It would basically end up being equivalent to two boaphile or animal plastics cages stacked on top of each other with hinged acrylic doors for each level. The only difference being that the floor of one would actually be the ceiling of the other. What I'm more concerned about is the height. I know that people keep snakes in tubs (and 9 inches is suitable for the snake that will inhabit the second portion) but nine inches seems short for a corn. Heat gradient would all be thermostatically controlled uth. Ventilation would be taken care of by adding ventilation...
 
Ok, I get it now. I didn't realize you were going to add doors to the front for access to each. I think 9" would be ok for a corn, I've seen them in plenty shorter tubs and not all like to climb so you would probably be ok. I was envisioning a single viv with an extra floor added but no front access or anything. But for your original question I think 9" is enough height.
 
Yeah 9 inches would be adequate since most corns aren't climbers, smart choice on going up rather than out, I've done the same thing and have a 5 tier tank I built myself and it works a lot better for saving space. Minus the width of course since I built the tank to house balls and corns both.
 
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Thanks for the confirmation! Here's the finish product.
 
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