some questions regatding ATBs

[rynwilliams]

I am thinking of getting a pair of ATBs.
1) Can they both be kept in the same viv, if so what sort of size viv should i get?
2) What humidity level should they be kept at? and how do you increase the humidity? where do you spray the viv? (on snake or sides of viv)
3) How easy are they to breed?
4) Are they really vicious, can they be tamed and how much does a bit from one hurt?

I am not a novice to snakes and i have keep and breen corns and kings but i am looking to get something different.

[Zoe]

1) They can, but you ought to be careful because they grow slowly and males mature faster... you don't want your female becoming gravid at too young an age. Also, they will stress each other out if kept together, that's just a fact of keeping animals together. However, you can keep them together and if they are of age, it should be okay. You ought to go with rubbermaids when they are small and later, either acrylic cages or melamine/glass cages... something along of the lines of 4W x 2D x 3H minimum for two. 3 x 2 x 3 would be fine for one.
2) Your humidity should vary a bit depending on time of day. Spray the whole enclosure, snake and all. Live plants (pothos are good) help keep up humidity and the substrate you choose can too (mulch, say).
3) Not impossible to breed by any means, but they aren't corn snakes.
4) They tend to be pretty agro, yes, and a bite could hurt a lot if you're a little on the whimpy side because they are pretty big teeth. If you get a CBB baby and work with it nearly every day then it would probably grow up to be pretty tame, but you'd probably still get bitten on occasion.

Good luck!
Zoe