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Another New Baby!
- Thread starter Galadriel
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SnakeLuvrs
New member
Beautiful little ones!!!
princess
Cornaholic
Congratulations on your new little one. Just a side note...Are you housing them together or were they just together for the photo?
If they were together for the photo that's not a great idea because any new snake should be under a strict 6 week quarantine -many keepers make it even longer, 6 months is not abnormal from what I hear.
If you are housing them together, the biggest issue is stress for the little one as the small ones can be very intimidated by the big ones. Food refusal, regurge, etc can be undesirable effects.
There's also a very small risk that your ghost could cannibalise the little one. It's not a great risk but it does happen.
I hope you don't feel I'm criticising you too much, I just want to make sure you're aware of the risks so you can make a calculated decision.
Cheers,
Adèle
If they were together for the photo that's not a great idea because any new snake should be under a strict 6 week quarantine -many keepers make it even longer, 6 months is not abnormal from what I hear.
If you are housing them together, the biggest issue is stress for the little one as the small ones can be very intimidated by the big ones. Food refusal, regurge, etc can be undesirable effects.
There's also a very small risk that your ghost could cannibalise the little one. It's not a great risk but it does happen.
I hope you don't feel I'm criticising you too much, I just want to make sure you're aware of the risks so you can make a calculated decision.
Cheers,
Adèle
Galadriel
New member
The ghost and the anery are housed together, with no problems at all.
Of course I am aware of the risks, but they get along just fine.
I would have put her in quarantine, if it wasn't for the fact that I know she is 100% healthy.
In my eyes, no one should get a new snake if they don't know what to do about these issues, and it's not like I just thought; Hey, that one looks nice, lets just throw it in there with Casper and see what happens..!
Of course I am aware of the risks, but they get along just fine.
I would have put her in quarantine, if it wasn't for the fact that I know she is 100% healthy.
In my eyes, no one should get a new snake if they don't know what to do about these issues, and it's not like I just thought; Hey, that one looks nice, lets just throw it in there with Casper and see what happens..!
princess
Cornaholic
OK, so you know 100% that your new snake is healthy but are you 100% sure that Caspar might not be carrying any strain of bug that he's big and strong enough to deal with but could harm a youngster that hasn't had time to build up immunity?
I'm not poo-pooing co-housing. Many of my snakes are housed in pairs but their sizes are carefully matched and they're all on the same sized food.
You have to be careful with these things.
I'm not poo-pooing co-housing. Many of my snakes are housed in pairs but their sizes are carefully matched and they're all on the same sized food.
You have to be careful with these things.