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Cohabitation and the try to break it

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MizBones

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Have a corn and a king snake I've sort of taken over from my boyfriend. He had them in cohabitation and always has. I managed to get him to agree to separating them, but they stopped eating and laid in the corners of the tank where they would be closest to each other. The corn is a male, Rose (sexed as female), and a female, Jack(sexed as male and who just partially clutched).

Is it going to be possible to have them in separate habitats so these random clutches don't happen again or are we screwed? I've only ever had one set of snakes cohabitate and that was a mated pair of red tails who literally starved themselves unless they were together (5 year old pair), and the male starved himself to death when the female passed away due to complications while being Gravid.

I honestly don't like that they share the same tank, since they are different sexes, but the things won't eat unless they're together now and will only feed in enclosure. Boxes never worked.

Has anyone got any ideas or dealt with similar?
 
Keeping a corn with a king, not a good idea. I'm surprised they mated instead of the king eating the corn. King snakes eat other snakes. Even though you got lucky, the female would be exhausted from always being pursued and laying eggs. Even people who do cohabit successfully (and the practice is still frowned upon by most snake keepers) keep females in a different tank than males. And only of the same species!
I doubt it is possible they were not eating because they were not together. Especially if you have experienced this with more than one set of snakes being kept together. You possibly tried to separate them at a time when they weren't hungry, about to shed, on breeding strike, heck there are a ton of reasons why a snake won't eat.
As for laying on the corner of the cage to be closer to the other snake, I'm guessing that both snakes lay in that corner because it had the temps they wanted.
I would recommend separating the snakes and being patient with them while they adjust to their new tank environments. Don't just put them back together because they won't eat right away. Just because your king hasn't eaten your corn yet, doesn't mean it can't happen. Besides, you don't want to keep producing clutches of hybrid snakes that will be hard to find homes for, because many people feel two different species shouldn't be bred together.
 
First, welcome to the forum :)

Second, do you have pictures of these snakes and set up? I'm also surprised the king has not eaten the corn yet.
 
I agree with Ghosthousecorns.

I have read previously that if two snakes have lived together before, that separating them can lead to a bit of stress, simply due to you taking them out of what they are used to as well as introducing them to new tanks.
I would even say that I would treat the separation/new tanks as though it is a new corn snake, or as though you just moved houses or tanks otherwise and give them some time without handling or feeding to let them adjust to their new settings.
That's just what I would think and do.
 
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