Why downsize? she seems to love it after being in a 2 ft tank for so long.
Generally speaking, smaller snakes feel a lot more comfortable in smaller, more confined spaces, a 4x5x2.5 is something you'd have for a full grown 6ft+ sized snake, but everyone has their opinions I guess...
One of the main reasons against housing pairs together you intend to breed full time, is that they often become disinterested in breeding due to familiarity...
I have an 11 month old Jungle female about 80cm in a 4ft w 5ft h 2.5ft d enclosure with plenty of hides n plants n stuff to climb on and was thinking of getting her a mate to live with full time any advice is welcome.
It can be done, however it is generally unnecessary and there are risks involved. Also should be absolutely no need to downsize enclosure. If enough hides are provided etc it'll be fine, in a large enclosure without adequate hides will stress a snake and this had led people to believe its because of the large enclosure, when in fact it was their own husbandry mistakes.
Oh. I seperate them for feeding.im keeping mine together at the moment as i build them new enclosures! they nip each other around feeding time but nothing full on yet!
i have a bucket of water just in case haha
Oh. I seperate them for feeding.
If you are not worried about breeding there are advantages in cohabiting
2 females will normally live together in perfect harmony
In saying that there are a few unbreakable rules
Always have similarly sized snakes together
Never feed them together inside the enclosure
always remove one and feed separately
always wipe them down after a feed to remove prey scent from where they wrapped
best to keep them separate for a few hours after a feed
easy to do if you can close off the hides so one is apart from the other
keep them well fed
the interaction between similarly sized snakes is pretty interesting
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