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I have had a w/c corn for about a month and a half now. A friend of mine just brought me 2 more w/c corns. Can I house them together for now. I don't have a rack set up yet and tank space is at a premium as I own 7 other snakes, 4 Ball Pythons, 2 Dumerils ground boas and a pine woods snake. I should be starting work on my rack system within the next week.

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Thanks for the input. Also, are these Okeetee phase?

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I like the one that is curled on top of the second one. Corns that have reduced saddles or far apart saddles have always caught my eye. Good luck with them, and keep them very clean while together. You don't want to risk one snake infecting the other two. So clean water and a spotless cage is a must when housing more than one.
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Well, you could house them together for just a little while until you build the rack system next week. As long as you do NOT feed them together though, as they could want each others rodent and start eating the other snake already in the middle of eating theirs. Snakes cannot distinguish another snake is even there once they already know what they smell is definitely a rodent, evern if another snake has already started eating it.

Or you could simply get some very inexpensive secure plastic containers such as these below at Target or Wal-Mart, and melt some ventilation holes in them with a thin-tipped soldering gun(1/8th inch diameter). These work very well for young snakes, and the tight quarters gives them a good sense of security that larger tanks don't give them.

Those really aren't "Okeetee" phase corns, but rather they would be much more accurately called normal "classic" corns.

~Doug

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Reesy, Dougs housing suggestions are great options. Critter keepers of appropriate size work well too because the vent slots are small enough and the tops secure really well. Be careful with the critter keepers though. I have found the little top access doors and even the entire lid can seem secure when not. Also, the plastic boxes sold for photograph storage seem to be better made top-wise, with deep edges and secure locking mechanisms to prevent squeeze outs and escapes. Anything with at least two snap mechanisms like the ones Doug posted should work great. Also, those are nice classic locality corns, not okeetees. The term "okeetee" applies to normal corns with vibrant coloration and thick black blotch borders. This type of corn originated from the Okeetee Hunt Club region of S. Carolina, but some on the market may not have that locality blood in them and were just line bred to achieve the Okeetee look.

Nice corns regardless. Good luck and keep them well!!