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3 corns one viv?

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avfox12

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Ive had my first corn snake for about two months in a 20L w/ 2 hides, 2 branches and 2 silk plants. Today I purchased 2 more baby corns at a reptile show. Ive heard you can house corns together without any problems, but I want some honest opinions. I'm obviously going to need to upgrade to a larger tank soon if I keep them altogether, and I think I may add another hide..
So, is this a good idea or a big no no.
 
Also, if I were to keep them together, is there anything special I should do? (like scrub the tank, add new corns without the old in there to become comfortable in tank, etc)
 
Everyone can and will agree that housing more then one corn in the same tank can be a very dangerous thing to do. Corns can and will eat each other, usually resulting in both dieing.
So I would find tanks for the two new ones of find homes for them where they can be housed separately.
 
Did you see the sticky at the top of this section titled Two Snakes In One Viv? You might want to read that.
 
Also, when the snakes are babies, you can house them in much smaller tanks/containers, so it doesn't have to be so expensive to buy two new large vivariums at once.
 
One snake per tank. Housing corn snakes together is NOT a good idea. There's plenty of reading to do around the forum that'll rehash the MANY reasons why many times over for you, though I'll mention one of the more devastating possibilities here:

Corn snakes DO eat each other. Hatchlings are the biggest risk in this. It is most definitely possible for one hatchling to eat its cagemate, even if they're exactly the same size.

Like hypnoctopus pointed out, corn snake hatchlings don't need to be housed in big tanks from the start. You can get a couple 10 gallons or even a couple 6 or 15 quart Sterilite tubs (and binder clips!) and they'll be happy in that size for quite awhile--up to a year or so, depending on how quickly they grow.

Regardless of what you choose to do, don't forget about quarantine. Any new snakes should be put under quarantine for at least a few months before being allowed anywhere near your other snake(s). This means putting the new snakes as far from the established one as possible (in a separate room, if possible), practicing strict hygiene before and after handling any snakes, completely separate sets of tools... Basically, you want to avoid any cross contamination at all, just in case one of your snakes is carrying some contagious disease/illness/parasite that could be spread to one of the others.
 
I have seen babies eat each other. Both dead. Snakes are basically solitary animals in the wild except when its time to mate. assuming you have a male / female out of the 3 an they mate (in couple years) will you be able to take care of a dozen or so eggs an babies if they all hatch. Just saying....NOT a good idea.
 
Alrighty then, I will definitely not be housing them together, thank you for the advice! My first is still in its viv, and the other two in plastic tubs for the time being with aspen, make shift hides, and water until I can provide them with their own tanks.
 
HazAnga said:
Everyone can and will agree that housing more then one corn in the same tank can be a very dangerous thing to do. Corns can and will eat each other, usually resulting in both dieing.
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Not everyone will agree that it's very dangerous, but I'd say you should know a bit about snakes before putting them into the same cage. Young snakes and snakes you are not absolutely sure what the gender is should be always separated, anyway.
 
proileri said:
Not everyone will agree that it's very dangerous, but I'd say you should know a bit about snakes before putting them into the same cage. Young snakes and snakes you are not absolutely sure what the gender is should be always separated, anyway.
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I'm sorry, but I don't agree.
While obviously multiple snakes in the same cage will fare worse off if the person behind it doesn't know what they are doing, it does NOT mean the snakes will be okay in the same cage if the person "knows a lot about snakes".
Is the health of your snakes worth risking because you want to keep them in the same cage? Older snakes may still eat each other, and the situation is stressfull for them anyway.
Some people co-habb with no problem, but as many people say,
"It's always fine until something happens".

Do you really want to risk it?

(@avfox12 Glad you dicided to house them seperatly. :) )
 
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