I don't appreciate being referred to as a child, and so, I will thank you to refrain. Secondly, i know that there are many reasons not to house two snakes of differing species together.



The only reason i ask is the sheer fact that the Morelia Spilota Cheynei is considered to be nearly the exact same python as the McDowelli.



People see minimal problems with housing two jungles together, or two coastals, but there has been no research as to whether or not it benefits two snakes to live together. Many have been succesful in keeping herp communities.



Of course, I see problems with placing two snakes of largely differing size in the same enclosure. A corn snake cannot live with a burmese. But the McDowelli and the Cheynei grow to the same length, have the same build as adults, and both yeild non-aggressive temperaments.



At the current time, they are separate. They each have perfect living conditions. I am not some child jeoporadising the wellbeing of an animal, and i will not be taken for one. I am happy for them to live separately if need be. There is no problem with building another enclosure.



It is just that I see many a picture with two or three different snakes of differential kinds, coiled up together, or lazing about together on perches, who seek each other out. I see no problem with this.



I have done my research. Everybody seems quick to cast down housing two snakes together. But, quite frankly, nobody has endeavoured to discover the benefits.



And so, is this because there are none, or is it that we just haven't found any?

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