I think that quite often new keepers put several snakes together (as I did), and then later get onto forums and clubs etc and find out it is not the done thing, and split their snakes up, maybe without a good reason.



I realise that you increase some risks by keeping more than one animal in an enclosure, but I think that you can avoid these in other ways (such as good quarantine procedures and feeding outside the tank).



Personally, as someone with limited space and resources, and who is not changing my set-up often, I prefer to have 3 snakes in one nice habitat than separately in a rack of small tubs. I'm not knocking the tubs per se, but my snakes do appear to like moving around and exploring their larger space, and changing their sleeping spots every now and again. I feel bad for a snake in a tub with nothing but substrate and a water bowl (even though I may be projecting emotions they don't have).



I'm very interested in your observation of sibling snakes staying together. Mine certainly do. Anyone else with similar experiences?



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