I understand, but in all reality, more snakes escape and die, or have some common mistake then get cosumed by eachother.
Also groups are much safer when the individuals have been rasied together. Not just stuck together as adults, then say, oh they were a group. They were not, they were to individuals unknown to eachother placed in the same cage.
In nature, these animals hatched together and bond to eachothers scent, and encounter eachother their whole lifes.
As more and more genetic work is done the more we understand how related these populations are.
Raising them together develops real long lasting bonds.
There is a difference between being protective and overprotective. And this has nothing to do with caring or concern or any of that. I think if you did care, you would not want an animal to spend its life in solitary confinement.
That is not about you, just keepers in general.
I am old, been doing this for a long time, yet your approach is old fashion. I would think basic understanding about how to keep an animal healthy should be commonplace and you do not need to be overprotective.
Also, I am a bit concerned about you grouping easy to replace animals together and not HARD to replace animals are not. Those animals are the same. You are picking one over the over, by what VALUE??? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
