I may be a bit naive, but what is all the fuss about cohabitation? I have Read Kathy Love's book, even got both of my corns fron her at the same time. I kept them separated until they got settled and then I placed them together. They have been classroom pets for two years. We are now happily expecting our first clutch of 9. Anyway, back to my question. The feeling I get when I read about cohabitation in this forum is that it is the worst thing you can do. Why? They seem healthy and happy. They have enough room, hiding spaces, water etc...Please enlighten me.
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cohabitation?
- Thread starter scats16
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Personally I just wouldn't because there isn't anything that's a plus about it. The snakes don't co-habitate in the wild so they don't need companionship. The chance of spreading disease from one to the other easily is too great. There's also mites, regurge issues and the tiny possibility of cannabilism. There's also the issue of breeding when they shouldn't be, a female trying to lay while a male is running around the cage after them, the possibility of them re-breeding and having a double clutch (a big enough problem without breeding them again). There's a stress issue which you may not even recognize until you seperate them and find out that one finally starts eating better or becomes more active when alone. There's the possibility that the snakes were mis-sexed and now you've got two males brawling with each other. It just goes on and on. If someone could show me one good reason to co-habitate, then maybe, just maybe, I'd do it. The only reasons I ever see that anyone co-habitates is because they don't want to spend the money on two vivs and they think their snakes are lonely.
