Housing Multiple Snakes
December 25th 2009 13:23
Many people don't realize how important it is to keep snakes housed individually. Even those snakes who aren't prone to cannibalism, can kill another snake. The link below actually shows pictures of one ball python who ate another one, and the species is one of the more docile species.
You don't want to put it past snakes because if they're hungry enough, stressed, or improperly kept, it is highly possible that one will eat another. But in some cases, the enclosure could be perfect and cannibalism still occur. There's really no way to determine which snake may eat its cagemate or when.
The best thing to do when housing snakes, is to just house them all in their own individual cage. You don't want to risk a pet's life.
Housing More than One Snake Per Cage
Another thing to consider is if you have different species, not only do you have to worry about one eating the other, but you have to worry about being able to supply the optimum enclosure for both species. It's very hard to do. Even if there's just a slight difference, you still have to worry if that slight difference is going to cause any problems for one species or the other.
You'll never be able to 100 percent provide proper enclosure temperatures, humidity, etc for two different species. Even with corn snakes and king snakes, who have similar requirements. Plus with those two species, you'll run into high risk of cannibalism.
It's just not a good idea to house more than one snake in an enclosure.
You don't want to put it past snakes because if they're hungry enough, stressed, or improperly kept, it is highly possible that one will eat another. But in some cases, the enclosure could be perfect and cannibalism still occur. There's really no way to determine which snake may eat its cagemate or when.
The best thing to do when housing snakes, is to just house them all in their own individual cage. You don't want to risk a pet's life.
Housing More than One Snake Per Cage
Another thing to consider is if you have different species, not only do you have to worry about one eating the other, but you have to worry about being able to supply the optimum enclosure for both species. It's very hard to do. Even if there's just a slight difference, you still have to worry if that slight difference is going to cause any problems for one species or the other.
You'll never be able to 100 percent provide proper enclosure temperatures, humidity, etc for two different species. Even with corn snakes and king snakes, who have similar requirements. Plus with those two species, you'll run into high risk of cannibalism.
It's just not a good idea to house more than one snake in an enclosure.
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