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I kept a trio of rosies all in the same tank to save space. They did fine together. You have to remove each one and feed seperately though, which is time consuming. I got two batches of youngsters out of them every year w/o messing with temps or anything.

If you have the space it is alot easier just to keep them separate.

Rosies truly do best when kept alone, even though some individuals may do fine together.

I've tried the large-cage, multiple rosy setup on two occasions to observe their behavior for myself. I concluded 2 things: rosies do great in smaller cages (i.e. 28-32qt sweaterboxes) and are less stressed when kept alone.

They do best alone, in fact, all reptiles do best alone. I've kept small groups of Rosies together off and on for years. In my most recent experience, about 12 to 8 years ago, I had great breeding production by keeping trios together during breeding season then leaving the two females in the cage (about 40 gal size) and doubling or tripling up the males. Worked great until I added an Albino WW male, after a long quarantine (90 to 120 days) he was added to the mix. About three months later, he and another male (that I had for years) were diagnosed with crypto by the county vet. I’m old and forget the exact number, but I put 5 to 6 Rosies down, anything that could have been exposed. Moral of the story, keep them alone. Problems are not only contained but also easier to catch quickly. I have made many stupid mistakes but that was one I should have known better than.

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Rick
Never Enough
Reptiles

thanks for the info to everyone who replied. i will take everything into consideration before deciding to put them together.

~m