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I was reading in another post that housing 2 FWC together was a bad idea. Is this true? Will 2 similar sized snakes of this species really eat each other?
Also, I have never researched much on breeding snakes before. I was wondering, as I plan on purchasing a pair of snakes from the same hatch. Is inbreeding a problem with snakes? Let me know if I need to get 2 of FWC from diff. sources to be able to breed them. Thanks!
As with all snakes, you should not keep 2 or more together for life. Keeping to snakes together for a long period of time can result in them geting stressed and you will run into different problems, like a bad temper and many others.
Breeding siblings probably won't result in problems, but there is a greater incidence of defects as a general rule when breeding closely related individuals. If you can, purchase an unrelated pair, this will help keep the captive gene pool strong.
-Alice
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