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please take the time to read and consider this.

ive seen many posts about this especially recently. so people dont think im an idiot, i read kingsnake.com almost daily, and have had corns for several years.

recently i had a question about housing more than one corn snake together. http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=135058,135058 . in one of the replies someone sent me back to a very long discussion on it.

now please read carefully. i know some people feel very adament about keeping more than one corn together. however, to me, from what i have read it is not a clear cut issue. i brought up some points in the link above that i have not seen addressed, and as the question keeps coming up, and every time you get the same "NO!!!" "yes" replies - with no real resolution on it. this bothers me, as i posted before.

i ask that (mostly the experienced) people read the posts on the link above, and the one included in that post, and comment if you already havent. i am posting again, becuase the way i view the forum, after a few days they get so far down to the bottom i feel like no one sees them anymore.

p.s. some guidelines, i hope. please dont just say "why would you want to", or "NO" - becuase thats no helping anyone. and dont get mad - it always happens in this topic. for some reason (and i hope rightfully so) this is bothering me that there is no resolve, or definitive answer to it. if you look through the forums you will see every shade of response to this quesion and 80% are useless i feel.

thanks a lot

Instead of asking "is it ok", I would focus on "what are some things to watch out for or be aware of when...". You know you're going to do it regardless of who tells you what so stop beating around the bush and pissing everyone off by pinning us against each other and this heated issue.

You know you want you, you know you think you're responsible enough so instead of people saying yes or no w or w/o reasons, just gently ask everyone what are the pitfalls to avoid when putting them together. That way you can ignore the people that say "don't do it" because they aren't being constructive or answering your question. If the "don't do it"er's want to step in then they will appropriately explain "pitfalls" that would keep them from doing it. I think thats more constructive.

Good luck!

"you know you want TO" lol not YOU

Your best bet would be to only keep 2 corns together when they are adults, from what i see, corns tend to be a little more agressive when young (hence eating every 3-5 days). Just make sure they both have hide spots and feed them both separately outside the tank. I THINK that the best thing to do would be to house 1 male and 1 female.....coz 2 males might fight or something....hehe
That's just my opinion...i am thinking of housing 2 snakes together too but then again....1 will be good enough for me, i dont wanna risk anything.

Good Luck
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1.0 Green Iguana

>>Your best bet would be to only keep 2 corns together when they are adults, from what i see, corns tend to be a little more agressive when young (hence eating every 3-5 days). Just make sure they both have hide spots and feed them both separately outside the tank. I THINK that the best thing to do would be to house 1 male and 1 female.....coz 2 males might fight or something....hehe
>>That's just my opinion...i am thinking of housing 2 snakes together too but then again....1 will be good enough for me, i dont wanna risk anything.
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>>Good Luck
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>>1.0 Green Iguana

Actually if housing 2 together, the pair with the least amount of possible problems would probaby be 2 females. Then you don't have to deal with unwanted breeding.
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If you want to put 2 corns together, go ahead. Corns are not quite as cannabalistic by nature as the getulas, but be aware that anytime you keep 2 snakes together, you are taking a chance that you will end up with 1 well fed snake. Jeff Robbe

I personally don't see any reason not to as long as you are able to separate them during feeding. I have kept corns together and the only problem that I ever experienced was one corn trying to take another's pinkie. I learned my lesson and separated them during feeding times.
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1.1 Central American Banded Geckos
0.1 Gargoyle Gecko
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I've never heard of a corn older than a few months doing any snake eating.
However, with so many variables, there is no clear-cut answer.

>>please take the time to read and consider this.
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>>ive seen many posts about this especially recently. so people dont think im an idiot, i read kingsnake.com almost daily, and have had corns for several years.
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>>recently i had a question about housing more than one corn snake together. http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=135058,135058 . in one of the replies someone sent me back to a very long discussion on it.
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>>now please read carefully. i know some people feel very adament about keeping more than one corn together. however, to me, from what i have read it is not a clear cut issue. i brought up some points in the link above that i have not seen addressed, and as the question keeps coming up, and every time you get the same "NO!!!" "yes" replies - with no real resolution on it. this bothers me, as i posted before.
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>>i ask that (mostly the experienced) people read the posts on the link above, and the one included in that post, and comment if you already havent. i am posting again, becuase the way i view the forum, after a few days they get so far down to the bottom i feel like no one sees them anymore.
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>>p.s. some guidelines, i hope. please dont just say "why would you want to", or "NO" - becuase thats no helping anyone. and dont get mad - it always happens in this topic. for some reason (and i hope rightfully so) this is bothering me that there is no resolve, or definitive answer to it. if you look through the forums you will see every shade of response to this quesion and 80% are useless i feel.
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>>thanks a lot
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...and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world."

Unfortunately I do not think that it is possible to give a definitive answer to the question of keeping two snakes together. Because various people have different levels of experience, and different snakes have different stress tolerances. As a herper gets more experience, he or she gets better able to read the snake's body language. Which gives the herper the experience to successfully make a judgment call as to whether two snakes are or are not adjusting well to being in the same cage.

A lot of the don't-do-it messages are the equivalent of the messages you see on a TV screen saying roughly that these men are experienced professionals. Don't try to do the stunts in your home.

Paul Hollander

thanks a lot!

seriously though i wasnt trying to just make the issue worse - and h0mer, i think what you said was what i was trying to do - i just have communication issues.

but your right though - im sure a lot of "dont-do-it"ers prolly read this post and got pissed and skipped over it - but its not a matter of what i want, but a matter of accumulating information so i can then decide for sure. so i would in fact appreciate reasons why not.