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I went to clean a cage, and I found all three of these snakes curled up in a hide box. This cage has two hide boxes, and a rock they usually hide under, so there are plenty of places for them. It makes me think they like eachother.
The snow is a male, and the amel & normal are females. I put them together last week, hoping to get them to breed. They all three shed within three or four days of eachother, so hopefully that means something, and it's not just chance.

here they are with the box open, so you can see all of them

I found it amusing that all three of them could fit into a hide box this small. No clue how they managed it.

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Sounds exciting! I wish you the best with breeding them. As for their grouping together in the same hide box, I'd wonder if it is due to a favorable environmental condition in that part of the tank...like an ideal temp in that one area. If you have a temp gun, could be worth checking...or move the other hide boxes right near that one and see if they still all cram together in the one. You'd think it would stress them or make them uncomfortable being so close together like that but make its just foreplay..lol.
ps..The snow looks really nice too...nice girth on it.

"I went to clean a cage, and I found all three of these snakes curled up in a hide box. This cage has two hide boxes, and a rock they usually hide under, so there are plenty of places for them. It makes me think they like eachother.
The snow is a male, and the amel & normal are females. I put them together last week, hoping to get them to breed. They all three shed within three or four days of eachother, so hopefully that means something, and it's not just chance."
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They bred two years ago, but I didn't catch the eggs in time(both clutches surprised me!)and they ended up going bad. Didn't even put them together last year, because I had to much going on.
As for environmental conditions, I had the two females in the cage, and they both curled up under a flower pot(usually. they did use the notecard box sometimes).
I put the male in, and they changed their favorite hide to the notecard box. That whole end of the cage is room temperature, and the other hide they were in is right beside that one. it's room temp, too.
I thought it was funny when just the two females would cram in. they looked like they barely fit. I introduced him, and they're inseperable now. Earlier Aquarius(the snow) and LaDonna(the normal) were both drinking water.. side by side. Their necks were touching, and their bodies were all stretched out, side by side. I wanted to get a pic, but they moved then I touched the cage.
And he's huge. The amel takes adult mice, and they dont even leave a bulge. He's bigger than her.

thanks again,
Ron Nocera