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I was up in the north end of North Carolina last weekend and saw the following:a cage 8 ft long 4 ft wide and 6 ft tall,in it were no less then 7 very large Emerald tree boas and a trio of what apeared to be aru's.
I know male Aru's are very agressive twards eachother so this must have been 1.2
But housed with emeralds?
There was a fantastic mist system and a 5 ft tall waterfall,it thundered when it misted,loads of live tropical plants ,totaly a fantastic set up.(it is a room display in a very well to do mansion)
Arent ETBs agressive in multiple male groups?
how do you prevent the Aru male from being agressive to the ETB's?
these were all HUGE specimens as well.
Could this enclosure actualy work?They claimed this co habitation,for the last 4 yrs ! and breeding has occured.
Id realy love to get some of your experts to give me a opinion on this.Id love to do a corner like this !but I want expert advice first.(I dont want to jeopardise any snakes.thanks

Although, I don't doubt it could work for some, I wouldn't risk it myself. I used to house an adult pair of chondros together until I was awakened by a thrashing in the cage. I looked up to see the female constricting the male in an attempt to kill him. It took me about 10 minutes to get them apart and luckily the bite was just a minor one. Some people keep pairs together year round with excellent results. It's all up to what you feel comfortable with.

Good luck.
Brandon Osborne

I know some keepers who house chondros together year round. I've had some close calls with breeding pairs enough to scare me away from EVER trying this. These guys feeding responses are just toooooooo accute. I have had a female bite and constrict a male who was courting her. i have also heard very similar storys from a lot of people.

Why risk it? How do the snakes benifit?

too bad u dident get pics...

well i'm not expert...
ummm... well as we all know the basic rule is to not house snakes together except when breeding... but i know of a few people that do house their snakes together and have never once had a problem... in my opinion they are lucky as heck... as a snake matures is will become more agressive in nature... not saying they will be mean, but they are just like us... we fell more high and mighty when we get older and we enjoy having out own room as a teenager ect... well i think snakes are the same way... almost everyone houses babies together and dont have too much of a problem, but when these snakes mature their teeth and bite gets a little bigger and stronger, so an adult can inflict alot of dammage... housing males together is always a big mistake... i have heard some horror stories about them fighting to the death or close to it...

i would recomend that if you are wanting to do this that you use clear dividers and make it look like one tank and have the theme help give it the look of being one tank by keeping your tank idea uniform...

hope this helped... if you could somehow get pic of that i would sure love to see them...

shiloh

I kept 5 of my Emeralds together for a while without any problems, it was in a 6 foot long by 6 foot tall by 4 foot deep cage and they did look real nice in it. I keep a number of my snakes in pairs year round, I like larger display cages and well with all that room two just look better.
Randy

>>I was up in the north end of North Carolina last weekend and saw the following:a cage 8 ft long 4 ft wide and 6 ft tall,in it were no less then 7 very large Emerald tree boas and a trio of what apeared to be aru's.
>>I know male Aru's are very agressive twards eachother so this must have been 1.2
>>But housed with emeralds?
>>There was a fantastic mist system and a 5 ft tall waterfall,it thundered when it misted,loads of live tropical plants ,totaly a fantastic set up.(it is a room display in a very well to do mansion)
>>Arent ETBs agressive in multiple male groups?
>>how do you prevent the Aru male from being agressive to the ETB's?
>>these were all HUGE specimens as well.
>>Could this enclosure actualy work?They claimed this co habitation,for the last 4 yrs ! and breeding has occured.
>>Id realy love to get some of your experts to give me a opinion on this.Id love to do a corner like this !but I want expert advice first.(I dont want to jeopardise any snakes.thanks
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