Corn snake!!

[MoJo]

Lori,

It is generally frowned upon to keep more than one corn snake together. Many people feel it stresses the snake, if there is a problem with one (i.e. diarrhea, regurges etc.) you will not know which snake it is and you are risking the health of both snakes if one is ill. There is also the problem of premature pregnancies if young snakes that are unsexed are kept together. In general corn snakes are solitary animals and not nearly as social as garters.

Joanna

[Lori P]

Thanks Joanna, that answers that!! Good enough. Are they as active as the garters? Actually that's probably a dumb question... I can't imagine anything as active as these garters!!!!

[MoJo]

I don't think they are as active. I keep my garter in tanks so I can see them since they are out and about more and my corns in tubs in racks.

Joanna

[adamanteus]

Are they as active as the garters?

By no stretch of the imagination could Corn Snakes be described as being 'active'!

[Stefan-A]

James is right. The one I had was active for about 0.1 seconds at a time. But apart from that, they are really nice snakes to keep and it's not hard to see why they've become so popular.

[Lori P]

LOL! Well, that's fine too. They're probably on the active scale with the ball pythons, then. Which is pretty much comatose 99% of the time. :-)

[zooplan]

It seems to me, that they are the right snakes to keep in a rack system.
There are so many beautyful colors....



like my tie collection

[Tori]

Lori, I know it isn't the accepted thing, but I have two corn snakes that have lived together for over 2 years now. They are both females and have separate boxes for hiding in, but prefer to share one. They have the option though if they want it. The only time I see either one is if it is close to feeding time or if I take one out then the other comes out to look for it. I feed them separately. One of them has a serious spinal problem that she has had since I got her and they said she wouldn't live 6 months. Well she is still alive and doing good. She is actually the larger of the two snakes. I have an old photo of them that is over a year old but you can see them clearly, they are 3 1/2 and 4 foot long now and very thick compared to a garter. One is a green blotched snow and the one with the spine problem is a anery motley.

[zooplan]

Nice picture Tori,
that could be worth an entry to the photo contest even if they were garters

[Lori P]

Tori, that's really interesting! I'm glad the one with the spinal problem has done so well for you; must be the great care she gets. :-) They are very pretty snakes. Well, you know, here's something I've never told anyone: when I got the baby ball python, who was only about 8 weeks old, everyone told me to NOT, not, not put her in the tank with the adult. But her breeder told me that they'd never had a problem mixing all ages of balls. I waited about two weeks, and then against all the advice I'd gotten, I decided to try it. And they've lived peacefully together ever since, always curled up together except when I seperate them for feeding. So I guess there are always possibilities...

:-)