I got up this morning to my two (both ~2yrs old) checkered garter snakes trying to mate. Supposedly they are both male (sold to me as male, tails look the same to me, will post pictures of the tails tonight for further verification). The one was very determinedly riding around on the other and has returned to doing so after being separated. The one on the bottom just shed sometime during the night or early morning and did not seem particularly amused. Assuming they truly are both male, do I need to separate them?

They have not been brumated, and have never stopped eating.