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ReneeValois
at Fri Jul 25 09:26:43 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ReneeValois ]
I've always housed my 2 male corn snakes together (no worries about accidental babies there; although occasionally I've dreamt that one turned out to be female and a plethora of wriggling babies magically appear---wishful thinking, probably).
I ALWAYS feed them separately, in containers outside the tank. That also keeps them from ever associating my approach to their housing unit with arriving food and wrongfully striking at me (and is why I plan to feed all my snakes outside their home enclosures). I've heard you should wait 30 minutes after feeding before returning them together to the same enclosure, so the prey scent on their bodies has a chance to decrease, but I admit I haven't really done that. They've been together since they were babies, and there's never been a problem. 
>>I have a 9 month old and 2 month old (male and female) that I house together (for now) without any problems. The only problem I know you could run into is overexcited feeding - sometimes BRBs will work themselves into such a frenzy they will start chomping on their own tail or swallowing each other. Not cannibalistic, just a little case of misguided enthusiasm.
>>I always recommend feeding in separate containers specifically for feeding, for conditioning purposes, but if you're housing multiple juvies in the same tank, it's an absolute must.
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>>1.1 BRB (Epicrates cenchria cenchria)
>>1.0 African egg eater (Dasypeltis atra)
>>1.2 corns (Pantherophis)
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Renee
1.0 BRB (Loki)
2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
0.1 blood python (Duchess, arriving later this month)
1.1 Cats (Nightshade & Cuzzy)
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Multiple snakes in one room - ReneeValois, Fri Jul 25 09:26:43 2008 