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11-Mar-08, 10:39 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | Two snakes, one enclosure
This is probably a really stupid q, but is it ok to keep two snakes in the one enclosure? and if so what snakes go well together?
thanks for the help.
Oh and it wouldnt be for their whole life span only till the got to a larger size and age
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11-Mar-08, 10:43 PM
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No not a stupid question.
But will let you answer it for yourself.
What is the advantage to the animal to be living in the same enclosure as another animal.
Keep in mind that size difference of two snakes could lead to an expensive meal for one of them, obviously the bigger one.
If one animal gets sick, how are you going to save the other before it is infected.
So with that in mind, the only advantage to keeping two animals in the same enclosure is purely for the person involved. i.e. less cost.
But the disadvatages are pretty steep if things do go wrong.
That is just the risk you have to decide that you are either willing or not willing to take.
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11-Mar-08, 10:44 PM
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they can eat eachother!!, try the search tool its been an age old debate on wether its safe or not
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11-Mar-08, 10:44 PM
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Many snakes can be (although there is always a small chance of an "accident" happening). I have two spotteds together. There are some snakes however that will eat other snakes
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12-Mar-08, 07:07 AM
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i've kept a female and male coastal pair in the same enclosure for 3 years..only seperating them now so i can breed...mever had any problems....only thing is never feed any of them in the enclosure, feed both outside of enclosure seperately
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12-Mar-08, 09:07 AM
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I have kept 2 MD's in the same enclosure for the past 18 months, they are 2 years old now, and still try to snuggle up together in the same hide! They are always together somewhere in the enclosure, hardly ever apart. If not in the hide, they twine around each other at the end of their branch!
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12-Mar-08, 05:03 PM
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i have kept many carpet snakes together,they seem to enjoy cuddling up with each other
i wondering if them eating each other is a urban myth
i have asked manytimes has any one got first hand experiance at witnessing 2 carpets or childrens
eat the other one
the most peple come up with is they heard about it happening
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12-Mar-08, 05:05 PM
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actually, i have seen a photo of a children eating another, they both ending up dying. ill see if i can find it for you
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