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westernNC
at Fri Jan 20 21:49:16 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by westernNC ]
they just don't talk about it on the forums much...
I've been told by some folks who have kept milks for years that if you start a pair on mice from day one, raise them to adults, and THEN put them together, the chances of a pair of milks eating each other is slim.
There are other good reasons why it is better to keep them separate. It is harder to keep good records if you house snakes together though...if you see some funky poop (for lack of a better term) you will spend some time guessing which snake it came from. If one gets sick, there is a better chance that the other will.
If you decide to put them both in one cage, please post to let everyone know how it turns out. I think there are too many people out there who make judgements without actual experience. I would love to hear about your experiences with housing them together...good or bad. This is how we learn.
I've kept eastern kings for 20 years. You put another snake in a cage with a w/c eastern king, and the king will eat it if it is smaller than the eastern. Put another snake in a cage with a cb eastern king who has always been fed mice, and he will ignore it most of the time. I can tell you that first hand from years of trial and error.
Good luck.
Michael
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People do it... - westernNC, Fri Jan 20 21:49:16 2006