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I have a friend (and no, this is not my way of asking a stupid question without looking stupid ) who wants to get a newly hatched corn, and intends to keep it in the same enclosure as a ribbon snake (not yet fully grown, about 4 months old at present).

I think this is probably a bad idea, and that one or other of them will get stressed out (even though they eat different types of food). Does anyone have any positive or negative experiences of keeping corns with ribbons or other similar species that would be useful? I would be happy to be proved wrong about this!

Simon
Garter and Ribbon Care Sheet (for reference)

Your first instinct is correct...It is a BAD idea. In general, you are better off keeping snakes in their own cage. But, if you do keep 2 together...it really needs to be 2 same species and same size. Even then, you are better off not keeping them together usually. But your friend absolutely should NOT keep the corn with the garter. Tell him to get a $5 rubbermaid as a second tank! Duffy

A local petstore tried that once (it was actually a ringneck) and ended up with a fat corn.