i have a 20 gallon tank with a fish tank top. i have an albino corn snake and a fox snake. i have lights but no over tank heating. i do have a heat pad though. when i get them out they feel kind of cool. it is probobly 75-85 degrees. is this normal? also what r some sighns of shedding. the fox snake eyes turned blue and the skin feels wierd. is this normal? please respond
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murphey
Jul 15, 2005 01:46 PM
Replies (3)
raisnok
Jul 15, 2005 02:05 PM
when the eyes turn blue the snake is fixing to shed.
on your tank you should have a cool side and a warm side, on my tanks the warm side averages about 83 degrees, the cooler side 74.
it is not advised by most keepers to keep 2 snakes in an enclosure together unless they are breeding........... one reason if one were to have something happening with his poop you wouldnt know which snake it was... im sure there are other reasons.
duffy
Jul 15, 2005 05:04 PM
The 20 will be too small to keep them both in anyway, so do the 3 of you a favor and get another cage for one of them. That temperature range is OK.
phiber_optikx
Jul 16, 2005 12:49 AM
Also like to add, it is bad enough keeping 2 snakes together... it is terrible for the snakes if they are different species with different needs! My brother kept a redtail boa and a python in the same tank, then I smacked him in the back of the head and gave him a 20 minute lecture, they now are happily in their own homes.
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Redtail "Kilo"
1.0 Ball Python "Road Hog"
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches" (Didn't name her!)
