The responses by Jenea and Wyvern show there certainly are levels of responsibility that cohabitation can be explored. I'd say those are the ideal situations with cohabitation, separate feeding containers and attentiveness to feeding modes. But as regulars of this forum and others, I would hope they would agree that cohabitation should be discouraged in newbies because of the assumed inattentiveness of the owner.

Jenea, a hognose researcher I communicate with has observed some type of coupling between a male and a female. As in, they seem to show a preference for each other and tend to be near each other. I haven't come across anything like this in the literature, so it would be nice to have someone explore this. I think it could have huge implications for captive husbandry if there is some kind of social aspect to their nature.
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• A note on cannibalism - Colchicine, Mon Oct 23 19:36:00 2006
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