keeping corns together

[spyderman]

can you keep more than one corn in a viv?
and if so does it have to be just females/males or a mixture?
example 2 females and one male

if more than one snake kept what would be the minimum viv size needed

we've just got a baby corn,but the kids would like one each,would it be a good idea to get them now so they are all babies and they grow up together.

Also can different morphs live together,at the moment we have a normal,but my oldest likes the albinos

Wayne

[reverendsterlin]

seperate enclosures, neo-corns have no problem snacking on another snake, morphs are only different colors or patterns of the same snake.

[tim88]

I would also recommend seperating the snakes. I seperate my new hatchlings in Rubbermaid clear plastic shoe boxes that fit into a rack.

[BoidKeeper]

In my opinion, which I'm basing on things I've read and things that I know large breeders do, I feel that snakes should never be housed together. Here are some points that I keep in mind and reasons why I do not house snakes together.
1. The presence of another animal in their space represents competition, competition leads to stress.
2. Stress leads to loss of appetite and or disease.
3. If one sick gets sick they can both get sick.
4. How do you know who is defecating and who is not?
5. Snakes are not social animals so although captivity its self is not natural forcing two animals to live together is even more unnatural.
Cheers,
Trevor
PS
You know I've posted this answer so many times that I typed it up and saved it as a word file and now every week when someone asks the question I just copy and past it in.

[marisa]

BoidKeeper, your answer to this question is always good!

And I FULLY agree. House snakes alone. They are solitary creatures and there are tons of reasons NOT to house together, but NO reason TO house them together. It would be nice I guess, but in the end you could have some serious problems, and it looking cute or nice is for our interests, not the snakes.

:D Rubbermaid is really cheap for housing!

Marisa

[KingJaff]

well, snakes have no social stucture and are solitary animals, and also all have the potentiall for canibalism. But if you keep them well feed and as stress free as possible (maybe feed them in different cages, then youll only be doing what most reptile pet shops already do in this country (GoD sAve the qUEEN):D