Quote Originally Posted by aSnakeLovinBabe View Post
well, most snakes, including ball pythons are solitary animals and should have their own space. But I strongly feel that garters are semi-social in nature just by observing them in their vivs and in the wild. Like you, my garters have plenty of options as far as hiding places and places to hang out, even multiple of the same hide items in some cages (like cardboard tubes). And since much of my snakeroom is simply a constantly maintained temperature of around 80 during the day, one cardboard tube is no warmer than the other, and yet two or three snakes will still choose the same tube even if there are two side by side. And it's the same deal when I am observing them in the wild, you flip over a large piece of debris, and 3 or 4 garters are huddled all together under it. If you are walking along the edge of tall grass at daybreak, all the sudden you often come across a "pile" of garter snakes all sunning in the low grass... there is plenty of grass, yet they still choose to stick together!
And the biggest question that I would have then is.... if they are solitary animals, then why are they so often together?