Any time you house 2 snakes together you need to watch them for the first week to see if they are acting aggressively toward each other.

If they are roughly the same size, put them together and see if they get along. Mine actually calmed down when they were together (which I was grateful for because they liked to chew on me).

You'll likely find them coiled into one big ball most of the time. Watersnakes seem to like the company of other watersnakes (and even moccasines).

For feeding, ALWAYS separate the snakes or feed them while you have the cage open. Do NOT leave food in the cage. I've heard of two cornsnakes that both tried to eat one pinky rat. One snake started eating one end, then the other snake bit onto the other end. The result: on snake ate the rat and most of the second cornsake. Both snakes died.

If you feed them in the same cage, watch them for several minutes after they have finished eating to be sure that neither snake has a feeding response on his roommate.

Also, increase the size of your enclosure.

Another thing, watch them carefully. If one snake gets sick, it can quickly spread to every snake in the enclosure. I had 4 broadbanded watersnakes (1 hypo, 3 normal). One got sick and I immediately quarantined them all. Within 2 weeks, the three normals were dead. The hypo was the only one that never got sick.

A good source for more watersnake info would be Scott Felzer. You can find him in the garter snake forum.

Good luck.
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