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Is there any serious risk in housing 2 healthy males from different broods in one large enclosure? They generally seem to ignore each other.

I've been doing it for years, and as long as the cage is big enough, I don't see it being a problem. At least, I haven't had one...

AJ

I house a normal male, Robin, and a bloodred male, Awen, in the same enclosure. I feed them in separate containers. There is adequate room in their cage, and they don't seem to mind -- have been together for three years with only one problem.

Each year around breeding season, Robin decides that Awen is a very attractive man. Much snake flirting ensues (tail rubbing, twitching, etc.), which Awen very politely ignores.

But Rob is convinced his love is strong enough. It WILL find a way.

Anyway, aside from this, no problems except that once, when both snakes were still small, and I had just fed Awen a live rat pup, I didn't notice that it had bled on him (he is a red snake, after all) and when I put him back in, Robin decided to bite him a couple of times. I separated them, and luckily it was not serious -- Awen wasn't even scratched. However, it taught me to check them for blood or urine from live or thawed foods before reintroducing them.

So -- house together, feed separately.

--Naamah

>>I house a normal male, Robin, and a bloodred male, Awen, in the same enclosure. I feed them in separate containers. There is adequate room in their cage, and they don't seem to mind -- have been together for three years with only one problem.
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>>Each year around breeding season, Robin decides that Awen is a very attractive man. Much snake flirting ensues (tail rubbing, twitching, etc.), which Awen very politely ignores.
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>>But Rob is convinced his love is strong enough. It WILL find a way.
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>>Anyway, aside from this, no problems except that once, when both snakes were still small, and I had just fed Awen a live rat pup, I didn't notice that it had bled on him (he is a red snake, after all) and when I put him back in, Robin decided to bite him a couple of times. I separated them, and luckily it was not serious -- Awen wasn't even scratched. However, it taught me to check them for blood or urine from live or thawed foods before reintroducing them.
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>>So -- house together, feed separately.
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>>--Naamah

Sounds like my males. I keep 3 to a very LARGE cage, and during breeding season, anything that looks like another snake is a potential mate. The pursuee just ignores the persuer.

I feed all mine in separate containers as well. Makes things much simpler.

Funny part is, when all 3 are in their cage, they all like to cram under one hide, even though I have 4 hides in the tank, 2 on the warm side, and two on the large side.

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I actually keep all 10 of my corns in the same enclosure since none of them are full grown yet. They're all different ages and sizes and I have 6 males and 4 females together. They get along great, it actually gets them used to being touched so that they're not so jumpy anymore. Just remember to always feed them seperately.