Do you house multiple snakes together?

[BoidKeeper]

Do you house multiple snakes together?
Yes or no. There have been enough debates about it I just want to see what the norm is among our members.

[Bartman]

I cant vote no, just because I house my 2 corn snakes together. Ive had them together since they were tiny babies. Im going to be spliting them up very soon and then ill have everyone seperated.

[marisa]

Nope. Never have, never will.

Marisa

[Siretsap]

Kinda cloudy question, cause if you house 2 snakes together for breeding, then you also have to answer yes to this question...

Also, if you keep babies together you again have to vote yes. (Personally, I do not know many people who seperate each babies as soon as they are born)

I keep some female cornsnakes together all year around, and 2 males together all the time also (well till next breeding season anyways)

[BoidKeeper]

Housing for breeding is called breeding trials, not housing. How can you breed with out putting them in the same cage. I thought that was obiviouse. Not seperating babies with in minutes of being born doesn't count either. My question refers to two or more snakes living in the same cage year round.
Trevor

[Siretsap]

Well I know some breeders who's breeding trials can strech over a few months period of time when the snakes are housed together, so I consider it housing them together more than a breeding trial....

As for the babies, I only know of 3 breeders who seperate each of them into seperate enclosures, most will house them by groups of 3 or more...

And I do not see any inconvenience into housing more than one snake together if your snakes are clean and you know how to take proper care of them.

it is OBIVIOUSE that you need to put the snakes together, I think I understand the breeding period... As I said, when your snakes spend more than a few weeks housed together for breeding, then you are housing them together more than doing a breeding trial..

[bighillreptiles]

I keep all of my snakes seperate un less im breeding them ,as for the babys i keep them all together untill thay are done there first shed then they all go in there own rubber made so i can tell who is who ,male ,female,shedding recorad ,feedding ea ;Paul Bighill Reptiles

[BoidKeeper]

Why wait till after they shed? How do you know who shed first and when? I sperate mine ASAP and put them on damp paper towl. Helps with their first shed because it keeps them hydrated, especially if they hatched out on to vermiculite.
Cheers,
Trevor

[Linds]

My snakes are housed individually for the most part. Only times they are together is for breeding, or in cases such as after my female gave birth this year, I had to resilicone the tracks on her cage, so she went back with my male for a few days.

I agree Trevor. Putting hatchlings/neos on damp papertowels is very important. They can dehydrate so easily.

[bighillreptiles]

well Treavor some times i have so much on the go it is easer to keep them in one large robber maid untill thay have shead it has worked for me and not every one . I also breed Parrots as well as snakes; Thanks Paul Bighill Reptiles

[Manitoban Herps]

Nope I don't, except I house my kingsnakes together........LOL...j/k..they are kept indivudualy.

[Jeff_Favelle]

All baby boas (except Rainbows) and all baby Balls (within the same clutch) are together until the first shed, then its separate Rubbermaids.

[lostwithin]

I keep all my snakes separate. Although I plan to pick up a few ATB’s and have been thinking about just building one display cage for a few of them. Still not sure if I’ll do it, or not.

Devon

[BoidKeeper]

Well that's what I did Devon and look what happen to me.
Cheers,
Trevor

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Breeding trials can last a while, yes, but the question is when they are not breeding...............do you house them together? And also im sure Trevor was not factoring in emergency situations. He means General keeping.

I keep all my snakes alone.

C.