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by agkistrodude on April 16, 2005
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Has anyone ever known these snakes to be cannibalistic?In years past I've kept them together without problems but they were always approx. the same size.Right now I have 2 and one is about half the size of the other.I've never heard of cannibalism with these snakes, (or any other rattlesnake for that matter, except maybe pygmies?)Just trying to free up some cage space by putting them together.
Be careful and safe, Marty
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by GREGLONGHURST on April 16, 2005
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In my humble opinion, it is never a real good idea to house snakes together, especially those of different sizes. And especially venomous. The exception to that would, of course be breeding time. There's not only the slim chance of cannibalism, but more importantly, the possibility of one snake biting another accidentally.
~~Greg~~
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by AquaHerp on April 16, 2005
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I have never known these snakes to exhibit cannibalistic traits. However, as Greg pointed out, from time to time they will nail each other and the mechanical damage alone is not worth the risk.
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by agkistrodude on April 16, 2005
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I understand what Greg is saying,but I always seperate them before feeding because I did once have a copperhead go for a mouse and miss and tag another copperhead. (although nothing happened to the other snake except 2 small punctures right on top of her head that quickly healed)But I guess just in case, I'll keep them seperated.I need to build some more cages anyway.Thanks for the input, Marty
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by Chance on April 16, 2005
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You also have to keep in mind the doubled danger to the keeper when housing two venomous snakes in the same enclosure. It might be easy to focus your attention on the snake closest to where you're working while assuming the other is somewhere you know of, and then be surprised that it's under the newspaper/under the cage door lip/over the cage door/buried in the substrate, etc. It's always better to be safe than surprised and envenomated ;)
-Chance
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