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Another newbie question.... I currently have 2 corns, a male snow aprox. 4 years old and about 4 foot long, and a hypo. striped approx. 1 year old and about 3 foot long. I am keeping them in a 65 gal. tank that I have divided equally down the middle. That would make each side approx. 18" wide x 18" deep x 21" tall. Is this sufficant for the two to live and be happy? I have used lexan as the divider and drilled 2 holes through it to allow me to use a large and a small bendable junge vine to go between the two. So they have the means to climb up. But when you put the hide and water dish for each it makes the actual ground space minimal. I could have divided the tank equally the other way making the diminsions 36" long x 9" wide x 21" tall, but that just seemed to be real long and narrow. Any input is appreciated.

Thanks all,

Eric

I think the general rule of thumb is that the snake, when against the terrium walls, should not be more than the length of two sides. So when one my snakes grows to the point that when crawling along the perimeter of its enclosure, it covers more than two sides, it is time for a larger terrium. Also a word of caution since I didn't see anything about your terrium top. Snakes are great escape artists, so do yourself (and your snake) a favor and be certain to have a lid that not only fits snuggly but that has some kind of locking mechanism that prevents the snake from forcing the lid to shift or pop open. Enjoy your snake!

BEST AMOUNT OF SPACE IS TO HAVE THEM SEPERATED!! VERYYY BAD IDEA TO HOUSE MULTIPLE SNAKES TOGETHER...
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He did not say that he was housing them together. He said that they were in a single tank with a divider down the middle, creating two equal partitions. This is a common method for keeping multiple animals - especially if you happen to already have a 65 gallon tank sitting around. Please read carefully before you YELL.

Unless your 65 gallon tank is not a standard size (which may be the case with it being wider) it should be 48" long x 12" wide x 20" tall. Which should be plenty of space for adult corns to roam, especially if you make use of the height. A self of about 5" wide x 24"long and 10" tall will give your corn snake another 120 sq inches of floor space to use and climb on. A few climbing branches or the vines and your corn should use the full 3 demensions of you cage not just the floor space. Also with water bowls and hide boxes on the floor, it is not reducing your floor space. The corn is not in need a flat space, in fact the more climbing and crossing he does the better exercise he will get. It is only us people that think of space in just flat surface areas animals, not so much. Although corns are not as aboreal as many of the other rat snakes the shelf Works to give them more ground space to use and should be used more regularly (better even with another hide box on the top shelf) then just climbing sticks.
Even if you tank is of different size, the cubic in space (as opposed to square inch) should be the same. 65 gallons of water is 65 gallons of water regardless of what shape and the volume of space will always be the same, you just have to adjust your shelf size to meet the shape of the tank. if your tank is 18" wida then make your top self 8" wide instead of only 5" (just an inch under half the width.
I hope my long winded answer helps.
Thanks
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