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I am getting 2 BRB's a male and female through the mail, someone said that I would need to house individually, I have no extra terrerium. Any comments, does any one house them together? How long can I house them together if not? Can I split the cage with some board or something?

Gee I hope someone isn't shipping you snakes through the USPS that's a big no no. As to your question about housing them together. There are Cons and some pros. Some of the Cons are, if one snake gets ill they likely both will, if you find gross looking droppings in the tank who left them?.You have to feed each one separately, it's a good idea to feed any snake in a separate container then it is kept in. There are other reasons not to keep them together and other threads here that talk about it.

Having said that I keep some of mine together, I keep two of our young BRBs together but feed them separately, the reason I do is that the male is not the best feeder and the female is a pig. Her constant hunting seems to get him more interested and feeding better then when I kept him by his self. I keep other pairs together I keep most my animals in larger display cages examples being my Campina Grandes(they are fairly small snakes) which live in a 4'x 2'x 2' tall display with limbs and plenty of hides and 3 of my ETBs that are kept together in a 6'wide by 2'deep by 3.5'tall converted jewelery display case. I have red lights in my snake room so I can watch them cruise around their cages at night. Other then the ETBs I feed all my animals in a separate container IE rubber maids(ETBs get to upset when moved).

There are many who will say never keep them together and some like myself who do keep many of their animals together. You have to be more careful and watchful if you keep them together just never ever feed them together.

Randy

>>I am getting 2 BRB's a male and female through the mail, someone said that I would need to house individually, I have no extra terrerium. Any comments, does any one house them together? How long can I house them together if not? Can I split the cage with some board or something?

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>>Gee I hope someone isn't shipping you snakes through the USPS that's a big no no. As to your question about housing them together. There are Cons and some pros. Some of the Cons are, if one snake gets ill they likely both will, if you find gross looking droppings in the tank who left them?.You have to feed each one separately, it's a good idea to feed any snake in a separate container then it is kept in. There are other reasons not to keep them together and other threads here that talk about it.
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>>Having said that I keep some of mine together, I keep two of our young BRBs together but feed them separately, the reason I do is that the male is not the best feeder and the female is a pig. Her constant hunting seems to get him more interested and feeding better then when I kept him by his self. I keep other pairs together I keep most my animals in larger display cages examples being my Campina Grandes(they are fairly small snakes) which live in a 4'x 2'x 2' tall display with limbs and plenty of hides and 3 of my ETBs that are kept together in a 6'wide by 2'deep by 3.5'tall converted jewelery display case. I have red lights in my snake room so I can watch them cruise around their cages at night. Other then the ETBs I feed all my animals in a separate container IE rubber maids(ETBs get to upset when moved).
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>>There are many who will say never keep them together and some like myself who do keep many of their animals together. You have to be more careful and watchful if you keep them together just never ever feed them together.
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>>>>I am getting 2 BRB's a male and female through the mail, someone said that I would need to house individually, I have no extra terrerium. Any comments, does any one house them together? How long can I house them together if not? Can I split the cage with some board or something?
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>>I don't care if the glass is half full or half empty !
>>I just want the full glass I paid for !

>>>>Gee I hope someone isn't shipping you snakes through the USPS that's a big no no. As to your question about housing them together. There are Cons and some pros. Some of the Cons are, if one snake gets ill they likely both will, if you find gross looking droppings in the tank who left them?.You have to feed each one separately, it's a good idea to feed any snake in a separate container then it is kept in. There are other reasons not to keep them together and other threads here that talk about it.
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>>>>Having said that I keep some of mine together, I keep two of our young BRBs together but feed them separately, the reason I do is that the male is not the best feeder and the female is a pig. Her constant hunting seems to get him more interested and feeding better then when I kept him by his self. I keep other pairs together I keep most my animals in larger display cages examples being my Campina Grandes(they are fairly small snakes) which live in a 4'x 2'x 2' tall display with limbs and plenty of hides and 3 of my ETBs that are kept together in a 6'wide by 2'deep by 3.5'tall converted jewelery display case. I have red lights in my snake room so I can watch them cruise around their cages at night. Other then the ETBs I feed all my animals in a separate container IE rubber maids(ETBs get to upset when moved).
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>>>>There are many who will say never keep them together and some like myself who do keep many of their animals together. You have to be more careful and watchful if you keep them together just never ever feed them together.
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>>>>>>I am getting 2 BRB's a male and female through the mail, someone said that I would need to house individually, I have no extra terrerium. Any comments, does any one house them together? How long can I house them together if not? Can I split the cage with some board or something?
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>>>>I don't care if the glass is half full or half empty !
>>>>I just want the full glass I paid for !