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Old 08-16-05, 10:37 PM   #1
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Corns friendly?

On a controversial topic, I was wondering does anyone here think keeping two corns in the same tank will lead to violence and/or cannabilism?
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Old 08-17-05, 12:23 AM   #2
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It could happen. I have seen pictures of a corn that has eatin itself! lol

I also heard, from a reputable source, that keeping corns together is totally fine. Personally I dont like housing anything together but thats your choice really..
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Old 08-17-05, 12:27 AM   #3
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I wouldn't suggest keeping two of any snake together unless you are breeding at that point in time and even then, they must be watched over very carefully. But like Adam said, I have read on other forums that some people do and find no problems with it.
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Old 08-17-05, 04:03 AM   #4
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if you keep them together you will have to seperate them when you feed them. if one starts looking or acting sick for any reason you would want to seperate them, not just so the other corn wont get sick but to watch the sick corn carefully, you may need to look at its poo and it can be hard if theres another snake in there.
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Old 08-22-05, 01:24 PM   #5
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i would never keep 2 snakes together.
even if you see 20 corn snake in a cage in a pet shop. Most pet stores are stupid about there animals.all they do is stick them in a tank and feed them.
even tho i got my boa from a pet shop. i got mine as a columbian it is clearly a BCC. but i still got it. anyy way you should only house snakes together when they are old enogh to breed and even then you sould only introduce them to breed
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Old 08-22-05, 03:25 PM   #6
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It can be done if you know how to do it, but I certainly would not reccomend it.
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Old 08-22-05, 09:21 PM   #7
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I want to get a corn sanke but I have never had a snake before and I'm not sure what I should do. I was never to thrilled that they eat mice but I got over it. Is a corn snake a good starter snake. I know all the stuff I have to get for it and I'm fine with that. I just wanted to know like how to take care of one. I know that little ones eat frozzen mice is that once a week that they do that. How do you know when there big enough to eat a live mouse. Please help. My room mates afraid that it will get big enough to eat our cat is that possible. Hope to hear from someone soon
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Old 08-22-05, 10:07 PM   #8
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A corn snake is more or less the best choice of snake to start with. It is small and therefore mamageable, it is tolerant of handling and as a rule won't flip out when you do so, and trust me when I say it won't get nearly enough to eat your cat! The maximum size that corn snakes get is about 5 feet and as thick as a ping pong ball...and that's an awfully big corn snake. Do your research on them, look around on internet search engines for care sheets and buy some books and get one if you still want one after that! Good luck!
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lmao. the cornsnake couldnt even eat the cats leg. u need to do alot of research.
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Raine, you also never want to feed your snake live. Feeding a live rodent can chance your snake getting attacked by the frightend rodent. Corns will readily take frozen thawed out meals.
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Old 08-23-05, 10:44 AM   #11
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corns are awesome snakes my corn is my first snake an i've never had any problems with him
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If you don't know anything about a snake what made you decide you wanted one? They are low maintenence but you have to have your enclosure setup RIGHT from the start. A cooler end about 75-78f and a warmer end 84-90f. A thurmastat to regulate the heat and thurmometers on both ends to verify temps. A dependable heat source, I use infrared spot lights for corns, fixed so the snake can't get to it. Hides on both ends so the snake can regulate his body temp and a water bowl large enough for the snake to get in. There may be things I left out but I just wanted you to know the setup is a little more complicated the the actual raising. I just recently was given two ball pythons people got and then didn't know what to do with them. They had no heat source and hadn't been fed for 3 months cus they didn't like watching the snakes eat mice. If you get a pet just be sure you want it bad enought to take care of it through the easy stuff and the difficult.
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Old 09-01-05, 11:15 PM   #13
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I currently have 5 corn snakes all males that I do keep in the same tank. I chose Corn snakes because all I have read states that they don't eat each other like King snakes. They have been housed together for four months now. I do not feed them in the tank. I feed them in a container they eat either f/t or live pinkies They rang from 12" to 3.5'.
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Old 09-02-05, 06:53 PM   #14
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I have been keeping two eastern milksnakes together for 6 months and they havent shown even the slightest interest in one another as a food source. One is about half the size of the other too. They actually seem to enjoy each others company, being curled up together almost all the time.

I kept them together at first while I waited for the other cage to be built, but I've decided to go ahead and make it permanent.
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Its actually more likely the cat would kill the cornsnake before it could even know what was going on.


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