The addiction grows, but can they share a tank.

[Kalob_Foret]

I got my second corn today , its a regular albino corn but my question is can they share a tank for the night. see me and my dad are going tomorrow and getting the materials to build two big cages for them.

 

[vetusvates]

Ohhh...boyyy...

 

[dionythicus]

The question is asked too late, as usual.

Its never wise to keep a new snake with your current snake due to the potential to spread mites or other illness.

 

[Jdog3131]

Keep it in what it came in.

 

[Bartholomew]

Ohhh...boyyy...

Hahahahaha! Exactly what I said.
Dont do it. Period.

 

[Allalaskan]

Go get a small plastic tub ad punch some holes in it and slide a UTH under it or something, why risk getting your Older snake sick from the new one.

 

[lilwing89]

You're risking a lot by housing them together, even for just one night. Just get a small enclosure for the night. It's always good to have an extra box for maintenance/feeding, you know.

 

[Naagas]

Risks of putting them together for the night:

-Spread of illness, parasites, or mites (you must quarantine new snakes, preferably in a separate room, for a few months)

- stress, which can put one or both snakes at risk for illness

- fighting, and injuries

- mating, which can lead to putting undue stress on the female and possibly killing her

-cannibalism

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Your new snake will be better off in a feeding container or even a pillowcase for a night.
For the future, get yourself a Tupperware to keep snakes in temporarily.

Or, just throw them in together and tempt fate.
Sigh.

 

[Shmoges]

Yeah, I put my corns together for 5 minutes and found out about the joys of opposite sexes and the presents they lay a month later....

 

[susang]

Just wondering if it is possible for people to read stickies before registering or at the very least use search function before asking this question. I know this is an educational forum but really 'the world is not flat'. my .02

 

[Kalob_Foret]

Just wondering if it is possible for people to read stickies before registering or at the very least use search function before asking this question. I know this is an educational forum but really 'the world is not flat'. my .02

I wonder if its possible for someone to waste more time on a very unhelpful response but i guess you spent time so i must thank you for it.

But to everyone else I THANK YOU, you guys saved me and my snake some trouble in the long run from what i have read, i just left the new one in the petco box and set up a new tank.

A little off topic but is the quarantine period necessary? I live with my parents so i don't have the spare room to keep the other snake in.

 

[Shiari]

Quarantine is absolutely necessary. What if the new snake has mites? or gods forbid, crypto?

 

[dionythicus]

Quarantine is highly recommended. Unlike dogs and cats, which can be vaccinated against incoming disease, snakes could be put at risk by not keeping them apart for a period of 30-90 days.

You may not like to hear our gripes, but frankly, many of us get tired of providing good information on here and then have to answer questions that have already been answered. I understand impulse buying, but you have one snake, haven't you done any research? I'm not trying to come across like a jerk, but if you've invested in one snake, you should also have invested in a book about snakes, especially if you are new to them as a pet. Please pick up the Cornsnake Manual or Don Soderberg's book about husbandry so you have a handy, quick reference guide for simple concerns.

 

[susang]

I wonder if its possible for someone to waste more time on a very unhelpful response but i guess you spent time so i must thank you for it.

But to everyone else I THANK YOU, you guys saved me and my snake some trouble in the long run from what i have read, i just left the new one in the petco box and set up a new tank.

A little off topic but is the quarantine period necessary? I live with my parents so i don't have the spare room to keep the other snake in.

Thank you to you too but as already mentioned this topic has been 'co-habbing' has been argued and argued. So shoot me.
Well yes it is necessary, which is why the use of search button would be helpful and it is not off topic. In fact it is right on topic, again search function.

 

[alpine]

ReptileCentre actually has a video up on youtube and they keep arguing about how it's perfectly fine to cohab corn snakes together. I tried to warn people against their advice, but I'm not as informed about it as you guys are.

In fact, here's a quote directly from ReptileCentre about the situation:
"it's so unbelievably rare that it's not even worth mentioning. It's like saying humans shouldn't live together because some humans are murderers."

^I forgot there's never been a case of a man killing another man :headbang: Like I said, I tried to get the word out against it, but ReptileCentre "work with hundreds of these snakes everyday. We breed countless corn snakes every year. We've been doing this successfully for the past 17 years. But what do we know either hey?" Oh brother...

 

[alpine]

Whoops, here's the video.

 

[bitsy]

I think we have to accept that some people do co-hab successfully with no problems, and that they are only willing to base their advice on their direct experience.

There are enough photos out there of co-habbed Corns with one part way down the other's throat and questions about behavioural/feeding problems. We can't force people to find them, or when we point them out, to look at them and take them seriously as an indicator of risk.

This is a polarising debate and it's very unlikely that someone who is successfully co-habbing will change their approach unless one of the potential problems actually happens to them. I try not to take it personally any more, although it's sometimes difficult.

 

[Shiari]

I put a reply asking how the determined who regurged, or had an abnormal bowel movement. Also, the part where they said to make sure of the gender of the snake when adding to a colony, I brought up Dier who popped AND probed female. Then when I plopped him on a girl, he released sperm plugs and tried to go at it.