>>And it's hard to argue with the success that European keepers have had with many difficult species. Not to suggest that it's entirely due to communal housing in large cages, but I hardly think it's a bad idea.

Chris brings up a good point and I think typically objections have more to do with snakes having issues being housed together in cages that typically are barely big enough for one snake. I know many people would suggest keeping an adult Cornsnake in a cage measuring 48x24x12 - the typical size for an average cage by someone like Boaphile Plastics. I would argue that a cage of that size is just barely adequate for a single animal and doesn't allow for creating a true thermogradient let alone multiple acceptable basking spots and hidespots. I think housing several individuals of the same species together can work but a lot more care needs to be taken to design the habitat - more care and thought than typically gets expended on housing even a single snake.
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Matt Campbell

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