Well guys ive been reading this thread and found it horrific at the start though i have watched the Nat Geo channel and Discovery Channel and you do see snakes eating each other ive seen a King Cobra eating a Python and a Annaconda eating just about anything LOL. The pet shop i bought Kirk from took him from a Viv that had about 6 differant morphs of corn snakes living in it and most were sharing the 1 hide all were cuddled up together they were all about 7 months old at the time and about the same size.
it can happen is what you got to weigh up about keeping more than one snake together, it might never and you will be fine or it could and you lose a much loved snake
1 amel 1 okeette 2 normals 1 rosy rat x 3 royals 1 cali king 1 publean milk 1 yemen chameleon 2 orange spotted agamas 1 colombian rainbow boa
I think thats what stopping me from getting a new snake for company for snape, he doesn't actually NEED company I think it will just make me feel better, and if I did get another and it hurt him or god forbid ate him I could never forgive myself.
I keep 3 corns together: 1 large male, approx 5ft 2 medium females, 3.5 - 4ft
Aside from a short spell last year, and when Crunchy nut was 8 months old (she's about 8 1/2 years now), they've always been housed together. I think it's gonna be worth making a sticky on this subject, and others.
However, everyone has different opinions on multiple snakes in one viv, and some people will even say they disagree with complete solo snakes. In this aspect, I personnally don't believe there are rules, but there are DEFINATELY guidlines and recommendations. However, I'm NOT against dual housing, but NOT for it. I think it's worth putting all the facts and opinions together into one place, then making it a sticky. This question comes up all to often. With permission from people that posted in this topic, I'd like to borrow/steal everyones opinions and info.
Along with info from other sources one of the mods will make a stick with it in the General Keeping Section. Maybe even make a FAQ up of some kind, as a new topic
I think there should be an addition on enclosure size to.
Again, good idea, there are a few things that maybe need to be brought up in a FAQ type thing, but a lot of them are difficult to give a definate answer to. There are a lot a variables in regards snakes and keeping them.
i agree about the sticky (if im guessing right on wot one is)
this topic is popping up very regular and as caused some heated debate.
there is so many good reports and bad reports about multi housing. i think it comes down to the individual snakes and its temprement as to wether its gonna like being with others. from wot i have read and heard some like it and some dont. just like some like being handled and some dont. some feed well and some dont.
at the end of the day i think its personal choice and down to the individual snake.
just be careful and carefully monitor them and take all advice on board wen doing it.
Well how about something like the enclosure needing enough space for more snakes? I don't think placing two snakes in an enclosure suitable for a maximum of one would be ideal.
We have recently put two girls together in one viv, with no ill effects. We plan to feed them outside the viv and separately (we've only last week got Lucky, hence 'plan'). Slivver is 5'5", and Lucky is somewhere between 3 and 4 foot. Slivver likes the cool end, and Lucky, having been saved from a neglectful owner, is not used to the warmth, and so bathes herself often.
Could you put two younger snakes in a partitioned viv? Maybe introduce eachother via a seethrough wall and if they don't seem too adverse take the partition away when they are older? How can you tell if the company of another snake is actually stressing your snake out? Personally i would be all for keeping snakes individually, but I've come across plenty that seem to enjoy the company of another and wouldn't be so adverse to it if I thought there was some way you could 'tell' that they weren't adverse to it...
1.0.0 miami x crimson corn snake (sirius) 0.2.0 leopard geckos (esma and gytha) 2.0.0 emperor scorpions (bebe and jim) 2.0.0 moggies (othello and tachikoma)
advice on sharing a viv
Posted - 01/09/2008 : 19:36:37
