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has anyone here actually had a bad experience...

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shaqfan

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housing 2 corns together? I've read n here time after time the possible outcomes, but i dont know of anyone whos ever had problems. i have two hatchlings that have lived together in a 20 gal for a year. ive talked to other corn owners, pet stores, breaders, and they all say its all good
 
Well that's OK then..........I don't do it for the obvious reasons that have been mentioned on here thousands of times. If you feel confident listening to those people, carry on.....
But are they two males or a pair.......Well you'll soon know won't you....
 
potential problems:

Unexpected matings too young, female goes eggbound.
Canabalism.
Stress causing one or both snakes to stop eating.

I'm dealing with that last one currently, actually. My snow and my anergy did fine being housed together in a 55galon fishtank habitat for several months. However, though both were initially eating quite well, the anery quickly grew much larger than the snow (she is now at least twice the weight of the other, if not more so). I began to notice the snow cruising the tank more frequently. She began to refuse meals, then stopped eating entirely. After 3 or 4 weeks of this, I put her in her own 10 gal tank. Because she is a very nervous snake, she only eats IN her tank, so I'm placing thawed 1-day old pinkies in her hide every few days. She is eating the majority of them at this point, and should hopefully begin gaining weight soon. In fact, I just tried her on a larger pinky and having literally just now looked in her cage, I can see a nice big bulge. She's no longer cruising her cage during the day, and is calmer when handled too, even though she's still a very nervous individual.
 
Honestly, you could do it and 95% of the time you're going to be fine. But its that 5% that makes it not worth it in my opinion.

Think of it as wearing a seatbelt, more than likely you won't get into a car wreck and not wearing a seat belt is fine. But what about when you do get in a car wreck? You would have wished you had your seatbelt on.

Same thing here. When one gets sick and it rapidly spreads to the other(s) in the same cage, or one gets eaten by the other, or you get an unexpected clutch, then you'll wish you had them separate.

Bottom line is that there is no benefit to the snake by doing so, but there are potential risks. So why risk it?
 
blueapplepaste said:
Honestly, you could do it and 95% of the time you're going to be fine. But its that 5% that makes it not worth it in my opinion.....
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I agree completely. That small percent chance that some thing will happen is just enough for me not to do it. There was a time when some thing happened to one of my enclosures. So I took the baby and put it with another baby in a rack system. The one completely stopped eating until it went in to its own enclosure then ate fine.

There was a case on here recently where some one had 2 small ones housed together. They noticed that one of the snakes was thrashing about in the cage. Went over to see one was trying to eat the other one.

I've seen several "OH No! I got eggs. Help!" post. They were people that housed snakes together.

So if you are willing to risk that 5% chance of some thing happening, then go for it. I personally would not risk the health of any of my animals no matter how small a percentage.




 
One of the most beautiful striped creatures I had ever seen DIED as an indirect result of temporarily co-habbing. The whole story is posted in my forum on this site. I never was a fan of co-habbing in the first place. I thought I could get away with it for a short time due to a heater meltdown. I was DEAD wrong...
 
I was told I could keep my first two snakes together, both tunred out to be male and female. The femal never ate, we caught him one time actually coinled around her, took her out and she was almost dead, we euthenized her. Because I'm so hard-headed well over a year leter I got my third snake a young male Creamsicle. The male amel chased around coiled on him. Got him out and that was my last attemp at co-habing
 
When I first started with corns I had two living together and one gave the other mites. I cleared that up, but the second one died from stress because he wouldnt eat. Yes, it happens. DO NOT COHAB!
 
I have had at least 6 emails and 2 phone calls (from different people) THIS YEAR (and every year) from people who had unexpected eggs because they either thought they were the same sex, or had no idea, or were very young females that they didn't think were old enough to worry about. Only 3 of those had eggs stuck. I don't know what the outcome was though - they might have made it through the experience fine, with only a little growth stunting as a result. But at least 2 of the people did take them to a vet (expensive, and never sure about the outcome). Most had infertile eggs, although a couple of them produced viable eggs, but at a big cost to the small mother - really drains them when they are too small.

But MOST of the time it will work out ok - who knows?
 
blueapplepaste said:
Honestly, you could do it and 95% of the time you're going to be fine. But its that 5% that makes it not worth it in my opinion.
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I did it with two young cal kings, and they didn't eat each other. I fed them separately.
Anyway - even though they (both males) were fine, let me relay why I won't do it again.

Feeding day had come.
Both ate. A little while later, I witnessed one regurgitating. I went to the kitchen for the paper towels, and by the time I got back, the other was eating the regurge.

How many times did that happen and I never knew?

btw - I never got a regurge again (from either of them), it's possible that the regurge was stress related from being in an enclosure with another king, I don't know.
 
I don't care if it's even just 5%....why take the risk??? If you can't afford another tank for a second snake...don't get a second snake.....
 
I've had one experience with keeping my 2 corns together. They didn't eat each other or anything, but they escaped together... I still haven't found them.

My advice is to just never do it, if you want to take the risk even after people tell you it's bad, then do it, but don't whine and be sad when something does happen, because it's your fault and not the snakes'.
 
I cohabbed once, and haven't done it since. My ghost was sold as a female, and when my friend purchased a female normal, we were told they would be okay to share a tank together. As it turns out, mine was a male and hers was a female. Luckily the female was of breeding size and age, but after that we had to deal with a clutch of eggs, and later on, hatchlings.

Everyone made it out of the ordeal, but I don't intend to cohab again. Too many risks.
 
I have just received 2 more emails and 1 phone call (in the last 48 hours or so!) from 3 different people who got unexpected eggs from "same sex" cagemates or "too young" cagemates. Looks like 2 with possible stuck eggs. Looks like it will be a record year, lol! Hope they all turn out ok.
 
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