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First I stopped in a pet store today just to browse and found two snow corns housed together one looked to be about 6 months old or so and really mean tempered, actually struck at me, lil booger was cute though. The other was every bit as thin as a hatchline or thinner but really long, He was very weak too. The handler told me he'd had problems with it feeding, how long will it survive when it's not eating properly? They were housed in one of those lil plastic rodent keepers and I felt so bad for them. Especially that one tiny baby. He was about 19 inches long but only about as big around as the inside of the ink pen, not the barrel.

Another question, How old will they need to be before they can be housed together safely? I don't want frosty to look at a new female and think lunch if I got one, I'm just curious can I house the two together or do i need to house them seperately?

Also how old are they before they sexually mature? I don't want to have babies before my female is ready for such a task. I'd hate to stress her out with eggs for nothing.

And finally, Do you have to breed them? or is it perfectly fine to just have them and never let them reproduce? If i don't allow them to reproduce can they get ill and mean tempered from the lack of reproduction? Do snakes have a problem with laying slugs or must they actually breed to produce an egg? I guess I'm curious as to know whether they are like chickens lol sorry I know stupid question, but I really do need to know. Chickens lay eggs that aren't fertilized do snakes do the same?

Thanks in advance!! --Izora

how long will it survive when it's not eating properly?
Not long
Another question, How old will they need to be before they can be housed together safely? I don't want frosty to look at a new female and think lunch if I got one, I'm just curious can I house the two together or do i need to house them seperately
Corns should not be housed together for alot of reasons...eating...disease..etc...
Also how old are they before they sexually mature? I don't want to have babies before my female is ready for such a task. I'd hate to stress her out with eggs for nothing
2-3 years but most go on weight
Do you have to breed them?
no you don't have to breed them....if you do you need to hibernate them.....no they won't get ill tempered if you do or do not breed them....
Hope this helps...
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CD
Corns(Adults)
1.0 Snow
0.1 Banded Motley het Amel
0.1 Blizzard het Anery A
Corns(Sub-adult)
1.0 Bloodred het Pewter
1.0 Anerythristic

I know I will not be able to remember all your questions, but will try to answer what I can.
Snakes can go quite some time without eating. But, from your description, the snake is close to not making it. If the person is having problems with getting it to eat, they need to seperate it from the other one. That leads me to the housing together question. Not a good idea. For many reasons. Stress, unwanted breeding, sickness, so many more. Corn snakes are Generally not canabalistic, but it does happen. I would not house two snakes together, especially of opposite sex. The male will breed the female too soon, cause many problems. Corn snakes do not have problems from not breeding, that I have ever heard about. You can have two as just pets and not breed them. keep in mind that if you keep a male and female together, that they will breed on their own, even if you do not want them to. From what I have heard, corns actually grow larger when not bred. Breeding can cause them to stay smaller and shorten their life span if bred every year. Just what I have heard.
I forget all your other questions. hope this helps.
Draybar has a good post on co-habitation that he posts regularly. Look for it. Has lots of info
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Not counting Hatchlings, this is what I have.........

1.1.2 bearded dragons
9.18.0 corn snakes
1.1.0 jungle corns
1.2.6 California King
1.0.0 Mexican Black king
0.1.0 Blotched (variable) king
0.1.0 Lavender Brooksi king
1.0.0 Sinaloan milk snake
0.1.0 Tri-Hybrid milk snake
0.1.0 rat snake
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king
1.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrots
0.1.0 German Shepherd (hybrid) dog