Why is it that this subject comes up again and again, no matter how many times it is discussed. It seems as though most people who ask this questions already know that they should not be keeping two snakes together in the same enclosure, but are merely looking for some sort of justification or excuse to do it anyway. In my opinion, most people that want to keep their snakes housed together want to do so out of their own desire for convenience rather than any real consideration of the snakes well being. Time and time again this subject has come up, and time and time again numerous reasons have been cited for not housing snakes together. Some of those reasons are as follows: risk of cross-contamination and spread of disease, issues of dominance versus passivity of one snake to the other resulting in unnecessarily increased stress levels for both animals, and the possibility of territoriality between the snakes, which once again increases stress levels which may affect the over-all health of the snake. I'm sure that there are many other reasons not mentioned here, but the point is this...there are more good reasons not to house your snakes together than there are reasons to do it. But more often than not, most people are just going to do what they want irregardless of what is in the best interest of the animals involved.

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