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crazeemaz
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 30/09/2008 : 21:18:49
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| Hi I have 2 corns together because the person I bought them from housed them together, they are a male and a female and I have been considering splitting them up because of some people saying you shouldn't keep them together and because the male is probably big enough to breed soon but I am not sure about the female. I do not have a spare Viv but do have a spare RUB however if males of a similar size can be housed together then I will try to introduce the males in one viv. I didnt think that you could keep two males together but my son thinks you can. I thought they would fight especially if they can smell females nearby. Can anyone clarify this please??? |
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Blackecho
The Corn Snake Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 21:34:13
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| You might find they get tetchy around breeding time and food, but I think some people on here do keep males together. |
 
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 21:44:56
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| As long as you feed the males seperately and give them enough room, they should be fine. |
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crazeemaz
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 21:46:49
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| cool - might try to introduce them this weekend and see how it goes. |
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 21:48:56
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How big are the males? From what BE told me.
At least 4 x 2 x 2 would be needed for 2 adults. |
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Blackecho
The Corn Snake Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 21:50:55
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| Yes, that would be the size I'd use for 2 adults - just my opinion though. |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 22:08:37
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| I would agreee on 4x2x2 |
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 22:10:33
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Matty do me a big big favour? :D
Can you write me a list and plans for how to make the custom viv?
I'm useless with that sorta' stuff.
Please. :D |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 22:12:28
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| I will do it tomorrow if you like. Do you want it to be chipboard or plywood? (chipboard is easier and cheaper, but if you can get plywood free/very cheap i think it looks nicer) |
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 22:13:31
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| Plywood please. :D |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 22:16:04
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| ok. i will do it tomorrow evening for you. You want it 4x2x2 right? |
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 22:18:23
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| Uh, please. :) |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 22:18:48
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| No worries |
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Posted - 30/09/2008 : 22:21:35
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| Also thanks for doing this! :) |
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crazeemaz
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/10/2008 : 13:28:56
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Originally posted by Josh-sama
How big are the males? From what BE told me.
At least 4 x 2 x 2 would be needed for 2 adults.
hi the male corns are both about 300g not sure of length - the Viv which has a male and female in at the moment is big enough I think - almost square about 3.5 x 3 x 3 so I will give all vivs a good clean out and swap snakes around this weekend |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
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Posted - 01/10/2008 : 20:51:01
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| Im writing it now josh |
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Posted - 01/10/2008 : 21:32:59
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| Thanks. :D |
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Posted - 24/10/2008 : 16:46:52
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The more I read here the more I think I made a mistake keeping my pair of corns together in one Viv, and I feel a bit sorry for my female.
Basically went away the other weekend, and came back to find a clutch of 13 eggs. The Corns are both relatively the same age, about 2 years old, well fed happy and nice snakes allround. He is massive compared to her, I always thought their sexes were the other way around. However at 2 years they shouldn't ahve matted, so I think my snow male's raped my candy cane female. Plus being young she's laid 13 eggs and the 14th egg got stuck. so I'v e aspirated part of the egg but not enough of it unless she's expelled it today.
So I think I'm going to have to look at getting a second viv to keep them seperate, for another year yet, so they dont mate again, and so she can catch up to his size.
Otherwise they quite enjoy being in each others company all wrapped up in a ball in their cave.
I do have concerns about feeding time so I seperate them in the viv and get them into different hiding sections - I have a large hollow cork 'log' sand a exoterra cave stone so one gets the one and the other.... And they get fed. they tend to eat well, unless one is upset withj something - usually shedding, but otherwise the scoff their weekly tea and return to the warm embrace of the other one. Almost had a heart attack tho the otherday, I turned away and when I turnmed back the male was licking his lips and the female no where in site, but I uncovereded her later on hiding. So basically if you are going to keep two together and they are different sexes, you have to watch at about 2 years they seem to want to mate so you have that problem and feed em well apart or in seperat boxes/vivs. |
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heatseeker872591
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/02/2009 : 20:45:20
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| i know alot of people who house corn snakes together who say its fine if they are the same sex. however i would never do it incase one gets a contageous infection and it will pass it on to the healthy corn snake which means double the vet bill costs. and in previous posts i have moaned about vet bills but i cant help it my local vets is very very expensive , my pet rat cost me as much as £55 for an overgrown tooth to be cut so imagine the cost of a complicated anatomy animal like a reptile lol dog bills are at their thousands now. im surprised some people can still turn around and say they can comfortably afford the bills. pet insurance is a con coz they only pay a maximum of 600 pounds and you have to wait for that to come through lol so yeah back to the topic of housing corns together its obvious its safer not to for vet bill purposes |
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Posted - 17/03/2009 : 16:18:32
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wow i hate keeping snakes togethor im gonna tell my mate lol he has 2 in thew same tank  |
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advice on sharing a viv
