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by KINGRIUS on September 7, 2004
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I've been keeping snakes for about 7 years now, but something I don't have knowledge or experience with is keeping more than one specimen in an enclosure at a time, and I haven't gotten into any breeding yet. All my snakes have been kept separate from each other. I would like to know some dos and don'ts about what the safe way to go is for the herps. Of course I know about the potential hazard of feeding them together, but I simply don't know the first thing when it comes to relations between specimens. Any help appreciated!
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by timberrattlesnake89 on September 7, 2004
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Well it all depends on the species and how often you feed them. I would not put cribos, kingsnakes, coral snakes, ringneck snakes, or some cobras together. Also there are a couple of rat snakes that will eat each other. What I do sometime is get one snake out of the cage then feed the one inside the cage. Then i take the snake that fed out and stick the other snake in there. Most snakes only eat each other for a last resort. That is why you need to make sure you feed them.
Phillip
P.s. What snakes did you want to put together?
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by timberrattlesnake89 on September 7, 2004
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Also if you get a snake and you want to put him with another make sure to put him in isolation first. If not you can have a chance of a mite outbreak or even worst.
Phillip
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by timberrattlesnake89 on September 7, 2004
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I have had only one time i had to snake got after the same mouse. I now make sure those are on different sides of the cage. Other than that I have had one mite outbreak and that is it. Just make sure the snake you have is not a cannibal. You should be fine. Look at a lot of zoos they have several snakes together in one cage. I forgot to say that racers and whip snake sometimes eat eachother. I'k almost positive that copperheads dont eat eachother.
Good Luck,
Phillip
P.s. If you have any more questions just ask. I'm always here.
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by KINGRIUS on September 7, 2004
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Thank you Phillip, I have a juvenile Osage copperhead and am considering getting him a roommate, probably a s. copperhead. However the new guy might be considerably smaller (hatchling size), which if he is I would probably just house him in a different enclosure until he obtains some more size.
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by Scootertrash on September 7, 2004
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I have housed rattlers and copperheads together. I only had one mishap. I mentioned it in another thread. Short story: I had one WDB in captivity and caught another and dropped him in and the captive one took a bite out of the one I had just caught. I did it wrong though. I just threw the caught one in and may have startled the captive one. Be careful when introducing.
Clayton
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by Phobos on September 7, 2004
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Hi :
I try not to keep more than one snake per cage just because it easier to stay out of the way of one than two. Other than that ther is always fun at feeding time if you have aggressive feeders. I've had "war" break out over food in the past but that is rare, thank God. Cuz it can get really nasty and somebodies gonna get hurt.
It's also more difficult keeping track of "who did what" ie: feeding , defacating...etc.. I try to keep accurate records will all of my snakes and having two in the same place makes it all the more difficult.
That's my two cents.
Good Luck,
Al
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by paleoherp on September 7, 2004
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if you do what alot of people do and catch a wild caught snake and introduce it into the same cage as a healthy snake , you might introduce unwanted parasites into the enclosure which may lead to other diseases. i agree with phobos its easier to keep them separate because its easier to keep an accurate record of the snake and easier to diagnose disease by fecal examinations which is nt easy if theres 2 snakes you would nt know which stool belongs to which snake.
feeding would also be harder as already stated.
for breeding snakes theres loads of books and websites on breeding them.
i m just telling you this because you don t want to introduce parasites by bringing in a wild snake make sure its healthy.
THIS MIGHT HELP.
SHAUN
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by KINGRIUS on September 8, 2004
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Yeah, parasites are a good reason I might want to hold off on putting another snake in with the copperhead. About two weeks ago I posted a topic about the Osage refusing food. He still hasn't resumed feeding so I'm starting to suspect intestinal parasites. The problem with diagnosis is that it's been over two weeks since his last defecation so I don't know how I'm supposed to get a stool sample. Can I just get a variety of treatments and use them all on him?
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by thenewdisciple on September 8, 2004
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darius, copperheads can be picky sometimes. give hinm some time and he should eat. i wouldnt put another snake with him if hes not eating though.
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