More then 1 snake?

[Mannieboots]

Hello again;

My head is so full of questions, I'm going crazy, here it is. Can two corn snakes live happily together in one vivarium, I don't have room for another tank and I was thinking of getting a second snake, are they social aminals, or are they one snake per tank types. if they can be housed together should they be the same sex, I don't want to get into breeding, unless I really goofed on the sexing part and it turns out to be an accident.

I'll wait a while befor I inundate everyone here with more ?s.

 

[Nanci]

Cornsnakes don't like each other. They are solitary animals in the wild. If you force them to live together, at best they survive. At worst, they eat each other, fight, get stressed from not being alone like they like, breed by accident, too young, maybe because they are incorrectly sexed, pass diseases on to each other, if one is ailing and demonstrates this by regurging or having unusual poo, you can't tell which did it- and more. But I'm sure if you are determined to cohabitate anyway, you will be able to find several people who endorse the practice. Just remember, there isn't a problem till there's a problem.

 

[Mannieboots]

Thanks for your quick response, you've given me some good info. I would never want to do something that is not natural for them.

 

[medusacoils]

Hello again;

My head is so full of questions, I'm going crazy, here it is. Can two corn snakes live happily together in one vivarium, I don't have room for another tank and I was thinking of getting a second snake, are they social aminals, or are they one snake per tank types. if they can be housed together should they be the same sex, I don't want to get into breeding, unless I really goofed on the sexing part and it turns out to be an accident.

I'll wait a while befor I inundate everyone here with more ?s.

Go to google.com and do a search for canibal corn snake pics and then decide.

Here is the link; http://www.google.com/search?q=cani...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Wayne

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

If you want more than one and are worried about tank space, you can house them in sterlite tubs. Cost effective and saves space.
As an owner with many snakes - I only have a few special ones left in tanks. With this many, the cost of purchasing tanks and the space for displaying them is just not possible... But I can house 40 snakes in sterlite tubs in racks and have space left over for more!

 

[marike]

Hello Mannieboots,
I'd like to try to tell my opinion about this even I know it's not entirely in line with the majority here.
I cohab my two corns like the previous owner did (Never touch a running system) and have no problems so far. I met with a lot of opposition for it in this forum. May be the debate can help to answer some of your questions.

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82602

But that's a different case. I would never start to house snakes together in one viv that are used to live alone.
Honestly I think you should keep just one snake for now and when you've got more room or perhaps a kind of viv that can be piled up you can expand.

to ArpeggioAngel: May I ask what size these sterlite tubs have? I've never seen some.

Greetings,
marike

 

[Mannieboots]

Go to google.com and do a search for canibal corn snake pics and then decide.

Here is the link; http://www.google.com/search?q=cani...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Wayne

Well, thos pics cetainly freaked me out, they look like snake from space with the bellies swollen like that. thanks for the insight. Has a greenhorn in the world of snakes every bit of info I can absorb will only benefit me.

 

[Mannieboots]

Hello Mannieboots,
I'd like to try to tell my opinion about this even I know it's not entirely in line with the majority here.
I cohab my two corns like the previous owner did (Never touch a running system) and have no problems so far. I met with a lot of opposition for it in this forum. May be the debate can help to answer some of your questions.

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82602

But that's a different case. I would never start to house snakes together in one viv that are used to live alone.
Honestly I think you should keep just one snake for now and when you've got more room or perhaps a kind of viv that can be piled up you can expand.

to ArpeggioAngel: May I ask what size these sterlite tubs have? I've never seen some.

Greetings,
marike

I can see where your coming from, I suppose like any creature, if they are reared together that cohabitation is possible. From the information I have gathered fromthis site I think that it would be best that my Simon be a loner. I would feel awful if I put any snakes life in danger, especially since I'm the type of person to scan my yard for wild snakes before I mow the lawn.

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

Marike - for sterlite tubs we use at least three different sizes...
6 quart for hatchlings
18 quart for juveniles
Sweater box size for adults

For reference - this photo shows some of the 6quart and 18quart tubs:

And this one shows some of the sweater box tubs:

 

[Mannieboots]

Nice set up, I have limited space in my living room which is where I like to keep all my pets, from fish to snake. My basement is very damp in the summer and we use a dehumidifier but then again I don't spend much time down there and if I didn't have my pets around me they would only be mere objects, instead of pets. I may though have some room since I recently lost my canary after 9 years, a new snake can occupy it's space in the room.

 

[ArpeggioAngel]

Nice set up, I have limited space in my living room which is where I like to keep all my pets, from fish to snake. My basement is very damp in the summer and we use a dehumidifier but then again I don't spend much time down there and if I didn't have my pets around me they would only be mere objects, instead of pets. I may though have some room since I recently lost my canary after 9 years, a new snake can occupy it's space in the room.

I work from home and that is actually my office! I keep all my snakes in there with me. And that is only a portion of my racks - I have one or two more that I didn't post. My roommate has taken over the back living area of our house and has a very similiar set up - just with many more racks and snakes.

As you can see, I have a few of my favorites still in tanks - but with close to 50snakes, it becomes cost and space prohibitive to keep them all in tanks anymore. The tubs also make feeding and cleaning easy...I can just pull out a tub, or stack of tubs, put a snake into its feeding bin and easily dump out old aspen, replace, clean water etc....