You already mentioned the idea of unexpected eggs. Other issues are the possible stress that one or more of the animals can experience as it competes for space, favorite hides, hotspots, etc, and the stress that the females can experience if the males are after them all season long.
Other issues: If one snake becomes ill, the liklihood of all becoming ill is high. And...If any of the above causes a snake to puke...the 64 thousand dollar question: Who puked and now needs to go 10 days with no food. Answer: They all do I guess.

That said, there are plenty of folks housing multiple snakes with OK results. It can be done, but it is not the best possible scenario for your animals. I would suggest that if you DO house them together, you go out of your way to tell your interested students that one snake to a cage is probably best.

Good luck, and again, good for you for teaching herps! Duffy

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