that some accidents have happened after returning the animals to their cages, after feeding..



let me explain...



two snakes in a cage, hungry... feeding day comes.. the snakes smell the rats and are on the prowl, anxious to jump at anything that moves... one snake see's me across the room and makes a sudden movement, the other snake quickly lunges for and grabs that snake, and the war is on...



two snakes in a cage, removed for feeding, finished, returned to the cage. Both seem to be resting, but still have the scent lingering... was just feeding time a few minutes ago... well, one snake makes a move, the other senses the smell or rat fur and/or blood still around the snakes mouth, and grabs that snake by the head! I have seen this many times...





If you will keep them together, and feed them seperate, I suggest waiting until after they have fed, and after they have relaxed, settled down, as in laying down and not looking for more food... then return them to the cage...



When this method was practiced in the past, it proved successful 100% of the time.



Just some more info.



Have a good weekend all! -Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo

'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

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• my big cage - patrick12354, Thu Jan 12 22:02:01 2006
• Nice cage but you shouldn't keep them together. np - the2ndrunner, Thu Jan 12 22:28:33 2006
• RE: Nice cage but you shouldn't keep them together. np - patrick12354, Fri Jan 13 01:44:01 2006
• RE: Nice cage but you shouldn't keep them together. np - bcijoe, Fri Jan 13 08:30:27 2006
• RE: Nice cage but you shouldn't keep them together. np - mci, Fri Jan 13 12:31:08 2006
• I agree, and would like to add... - bcijoe, Fri Jan 13 13:52:18 2006
• thanks for all the info... - patrick12354, Fri Jan 13 18:09:03 2006