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I just recently purchased a hypomalanistic striped corn from a local breeder. He is about 1 year old and about 28" long. When I purchased him, the breeder had 4 year old snow corn that I was quite interested in. I currently have the 1 year old in a 65 gal. breeder tank w/ aspen pine, two hides, a large water bowl and plenty of limbs to climb. The question is - the breeder told me that the two could live in the same tank together with no problems. I would just like to know if this is true, being that they are so different in size.

Also - being that I just got my hypo striped into his new environment - how long before I should hold and or feed him. I was told he would/should eat about every 7 days, but have yet to feed him since he was introduced to his new surroundings. By the way - I have had him IN his new tank for two days now.

Any input is appreciated, Thanks in advance.

Eric

my self,,i try to feed them right off the bat, some people say that this is not good but i have never had a problem,and i would wait to hold them for 7 days unless you are cleaning or changing there cage, would wait a few dayes befor you put them together some corns do like to eat one another but i never had any problems all you can do is try it, i would do it on a day that you can check on them and would be home all day to watch them

and did you say it is a pair 1.1
good luck with your corns

I have a little girl about the same length, 26 or so inches. I'm about to get a 55 gallon tank for her, as of now she is in a 20 gallon high aquarium. I was thinking of maybe getting her a companion, but then again they are solitary creatures in the wild. Do you think she would be happier by herself or with another snake? Also, would adding another snake make her more aggressive do you think? She's very very calm, and I don't want to make ANY wrong moves to ruin my little idol of perfection I just want her as happy as can be!
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purrhisswoofmeowblubsqueakneigh

>>I have a little girl about the same length, 26 or so inches. I'm about to get a 55 gallon tank for her, as of now she is in a 20 gallon high aquarium. I was thinking of maybe getting her a companion, but then again they are solitary creatures in the wild. Do you think she would be happier by herself or with another snake? Also, would adding another snake make her more aggressive do you think? She's very very calm, and I don't want to make ANY wrong moves to ruin my little idol of perfection I just want her as happy as can be!
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>>purrhisswoofmeowblubsqueakneigh

My take on having two snakes together is....
They are solitary, why do you want to stress them by keeping them together? It is not a need for the snake and not gonna help it in any way. It will not make it "happy". All it can do is minimum stress and make them seem "almost" okay, but likely they would do better by themselves.
Worse case...someone eats the other. Or, long term, the stress pushes one into health issues.
Whether it would make a snake more aggressive? Will it stress her to feeling attacked? No way to know until it happens.
There is the disease issue, the stress issue.....I just don't see any upsides.
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron

There is only one time of the year(breeding Season)that a snake will actually look for another snake.They do the deed and away they go in different directions.Keeping more than one snake in a enclosure makes it difficult to keep track of each snake,if there is a medical problem!

ESPECIALLY because of the age difference. I have heard of people putting a hatchling in with a yearling, watched it well for hours, then overnight it was fine, the next day sometime it ate the hatchling. all snakes can be cannibalistic. It is not reccomended to ever put two snakes together in a cage, unless its for breeding purposes - and then only until they can mate then to remove them. Snakes are loners, and don't really *want* a "friend" I would never put two snakes together - the list of problems you can run into is very long and can be costly, while the benefits i can not see.

My opinion anyway.
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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

My Website
Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)

you will stress out both snakes. not to mention a new comer should be quarantined for at least 30-60 days. don't do it!

I agree with most of the posts somewhat. Since you are new to keeping snakes, you should probably not try keeping two snakes together. Corn snakes are a great starter snake and are very forgiving when it comes to husbandry needs. Snakes are like people, they each have different personalities. I have good eaters, and picky eaters. Some like to be held, and others are very jumpy. Some hide all day, while some are on the prowl all the time. Now the two cents worth. If I had a 65 gallon tank in my house it would not house only one corn snake. I would either have a larger species in it or I would house two corns in the same tank. In my opinion thats plenty big for two corns to be plenty happy. Now if one snake seemed to be really stressed out by the presense of the other I would of coarse remove it. There a lot of people who will say to never house two snakes together. Listen to what they say because most of it is very accurate. When you have gained the experiece to think you can handle anything that comes up you will know whats best for your snakes.
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1,0 snow
1,0 amel
1,0 kisatchie
1,0 aney stripe motley
0,1 normal
0,1 charcoal
0,1 motley
1,1 oketee
0,1 tx rat
4,5 ball python
1,1 dumerils boa
1,1 columbian red tail boa
1,1 green iguana
1,0 leopard gecko
1,2 dogs
freezer full of mice & rats

I agree that it is somewhat of a waste for a single corn, so you have a few options here that i'd reccomend. One is get a larger snake to go in there - maybe some morph of a black rat snake. Another idea would be to go down to home depot and get a sheet of 1/8" crystalite (plexiglass) cut to fit just inside there, take some aquarium grade silicone, and glue it in as a divider. I know a lot of people that have done that - i think draybar has a 55g setup like that.
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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

My Website
Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds (Jose and Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)

I can think of a lot of good uses for a 65 gallon tank. It makes me drool just to think about it. Unfortunately my collection has outgrown my house and I dont have room. I have heard of people who divide their tanks as you stated. Thats plenty of space for two corns, in my opinion.
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1,0 snow
1,0 amel
1,0 kisatchie
1,0 aney stripe motley
0,1 normal
0,1 charcoal
0,1 motley
1,1 oketee
0,1 tx rat
4,5 ball python
1,1 dumerils boa
1,1 columbian red tail boa
1,1 green iguana
1,0 leopard gecko
1,2 dogs
freezer full of mice & rats