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Can you house 2 BRB's in the same tank? If so does the sex of the 2 snakes matter? I was thinking on housing a young male and female until they can breed. Any replies would be greatly appreciated!

I know it can be done without problems BUT there is no guarantee there will not be problems. IMO not a good idea. Better off to let them grow up seperately.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

That's how my brother ended up with accidental babies. Of course, that was a pair of well established adults - not sure how that would work with juveniles. You might end up with them breeding before they really ought to, which could be detrimental to their long term health, especially the female's.
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0.1 Albino Leopard Gecko - Tigger
0.1 Crested Gecko - Pooh-Bear

I don't recommend housing any snake together, except baby garter snakes, they seem to like the company and stress if housed alone (or at least wandering garter snakes do, may not be same for all species of garter snakes. Friend of mine bred them some time ago).

For somebody fairly new at keeping snakes, definitely better to house separately. It is much easier to monitor health of the snakes. Who has shed, who has pooped, less risk of accidental biting of each other or worse, consumption of a cage mate. Even if fed in a separate container, the scent of the prey can be on the body of the snake and sometimes that is all it takes for a snake to strike their cage mate and proceed to constrict and/or swallow it. Then you may end up with one fat snake, or two dead snakes..

Except for breeding its best to keep them separated.
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PHLdyPayne

I have a 9 month old and 2 month old (male and female) that I house together (for now) without any problems. The only problem I know you could run into is overexcited feeding - sometimes BRBs will work themselves into such a frenzy they will start chomping on their own tail or swallowing each other. Not cannibalistic, just a little case of misguided enthusiasm.
I always recommend feeding in separate containers specifically for feeding, for conditioning purposes, but if you're housing multiple juvies in the same tank, it's an absolute must.
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1.1 BRB (Epicrates cenchria cenchria)
1.0 African egg eater (Dasypeltis atra)
1.2 corns (Pantherophis)

I've always housed my 2 male corn snakes together (no worries about accidental babies there; although occasionally I've dreamt that one turned out to be female and a plethora of wriggling babies magically appear---wishful thinking, probably).

I ALWAYS feed them separately, in containers outside the tank. That also keeps them from ever associating my approach to their housing unit with arriving food and wrongfully striking at me (and is why I plan to feed all my snakes outside their home enclosures). I've heard you should wait 30 minutes after feeding before returning them together to the same enclosure, so the prey scent on their bodies has a chance to decrease, but I admit I haven't really done that. They've been together since they were babies, and there's never been a problem.

>>I have a 9 month old and 2 month old (male and female) that I house together (for now) without any problems. The only problem I know you could run into is overexcited feeding - sometimes BRBs will work themselves into such a frenzy they will start chomping on their own tail or swallowing each other. Not cannibalistic, just a little case of misguided enthusiasm.
>>I always recommend feeding in separate containers specifically for feeding, for conditioning purposes, but if you're housing multiple juvies in the same tank, it's an absolute must.
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>>1.1 BRB (Epicrates cenchria cenchria)
>>1.0 African egg eater (Dasypeltis atra)
>>1.2 corns (Pantherophis)

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Renee
1.0 BRB (Loki)
2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
0.1 blood python (Duchess, arriving later this month)
1.1 Cats (Nightshade & Cuzzy)

hey Renee thats a great picture!! thats awesome!!!

so i have used feeding tubs only a handful of times but for the most part i never use them now. i dont know if i am pushing my luck and am bound to have an accident or not, but so far the only issue i ever ran into was with bedding sticking to the prey and that always turned into a non-issue. now that i use paper its gone completely.

i have read a few discussions on that so i know what you mean about having the snake "think" its feeding time when you reach in to change water. i can understand that that might happen however i dont know about anyone else but i never actually see it happen or heard anyone even tell a story of it.

i have a few times abruptly woken my snakes and had them curl up into defense strike mode. what i do is hold my hand up flat (as if to give a high five) and slowly move it toward them slowly and that seems to always calm them down no matter what snake.

thats just my thought on that but i know this thread is about two snakes in one cage. in that case i can see the extra incentive to use a tub. but again maybe i was just lucky but i feed Bella and her sister in the same cage using their hide on edge as somewhat of a divider never had a problem
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-Stephen-

0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
0.1 col redtail boa (Dixie-my baby girl)
0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)

hopeful for not to distant future:
--Brazilian rainbow boas
2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...

Stephen, I'm glad to hear you've never had a problem with mistaken feeding strikes or snakes harassing each other while eating in the same enclosure. I may just be over-cautious, but given how gung-ho Daguerre gets when he scents prey, I'd rather be on the safe side! He always "kills" and constricts that dead mouse doubly hard---whereas Foxfire will often take his time sniffing the mouse and then leisurely start to eat it without ever constricting; he's figured out it's already dead. Daguerre never has. I guess that means there's differences in I.Q. between snakes just as there are with humans. Foxfire is in general more curious and sociable than his stepbrother too...

P.S. Thanks for the compliment on the picture. I should take the time to post more...maybe when I finally get my new baby blood.

>>hey Renee thats a great picture!! thats awesome!!!
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>>so i have used feeding tubs only a handful of times but for the most part i never use them now. i dont know if i am pushing my luck and am bound to have an accident or not, but so far the only issue i ever ran into was with bedding sticking to the prey and that always turned into a non-issue. now that i use paper its gone completely.
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>>i have read a few discussions on that so i know what you mean about having the snake "think" its feeding time when you reach in to change water. i can understand that that might happen however i dont know about anyone else but i never actually see it happen or heard anyone even tell a story of it.
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>>i have a few times abruptly woken my snakes and had them curl up into defense strike mode. what i do is hold my hand up flat (as if to give a high five) and slowly move it toward them slowly and that seems to always calm them down no matter what snake.
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>>thats just my thought on that but i know this thread is about two snakes in one cage. in that case i can see the extra incentive to use a tub. but again maybe i was just lucky but i feed Bella and her sister in the same cage using their hide on edge as somewhat of a divider never had a problem
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>>-Stephen-
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>>0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
>>1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
>>1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
>>0.1 col redtail boa (Dixie-my baby girl)
>>0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
>>0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)
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>>hopeful for not to distant future:
>>--Brazilian rainbow boas
>> 2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
>>-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...

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Renee
1.0 BRB (Loki)
2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
0.1 blood python (Duchess, arriving later this month)
1.1 Cats (Nightshade & Cuzzy)

I house several (four) adult BRB's together. All four are very healthy. I started with a subadult male and female and kept back two from their first litter (these two have produced three litters). The interactions are endlessly fascinating to me. You need to be spot-on with your husbandry and feed in a separate container. They will need a large cage with a wide range in temps (70-85 is ideal IMO) and supply them with a deep, moist substrate (BRB's are burrowers and this allows them to choose the hiding spot and temperature they need when they need it). Of course accidents can happen and a sick snake can get its cage mate sick also. In the end they are your snakes and your choice.
Good luck and have fun,
Paul
"Happy" snakes

Paul, I love that photo with their matching noses in the air! Great shot! I'm happy to hear that you've had success keeping BRB's together. I love to watch my pair of corn snakes interact, too. Snakes may not be as naturally solitary as most people think.

>>I house several (four) adult BRB's together. All four are very healthy. I started with a subadult male and female and kept back two from their first litter (these two have produced three litters). The interactions are endlessly fascinating to me. You need to be spot-on with your husbandry and feed in a separate container. They will need a large cage with a wide range in temps (70-85 is ideal IMO) and supply them with a deep, moist substrate (BRB's are burrowers and this allows them to choose the hiding spot and temperature they need when they need it). Of course accidents can happen and a sick snake can get its cage mate sick also. In the end they are your snakes and your choice.
>>Good luck and have fun,
>>Paul
>>"Happy" snakes
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Renee
1.0 BRB (Loki)
2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
0.1 blood python (Duchess, arriving later this month)
1.1 Cats (Nightshade & Cuzzy)