Hey an, I'm a little worried. I was at Pet Smart picking up some chicken feed and a Halloween costume and they were having a huge buy one get one free sale on the dwarf hamsters and snakes.
There was two baby ball pythons in a tank together and an adult banana python and ball python in another tank and two corn snakes together.
Is this safe? I thought snakes were prone to cannibalize each other.
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No, it's not safe. You don't know when or if one will attack the other and snakes are not social unless it's time for fucking.
>>2457350
I heard some snakes were OK to house together as the risk of killing each other is low. I don't know what species though. I've seen accredited zoos do it but of course that doesn't necessarily mean it's ok.
>>2457352
What can I do to help? I mean, the snakes are on sale, probably because they have too many snakes for the amount of tanks. Should I just buy them all and sell them myself? I have all the materials to house them for a short period of time. A couple plastic bins and all.
Would this be a feasible solution?
Would talking to the manager help at all?
>>2457379
I've seen this too, but only with certain species. I've never seen two pythons being housed together in a zoo as far as I can recall.
>>2457350
babies can be housed together temporarily, but as they grow it is generally recommended they be housed separately.
Though I suppose with a large enough tank full of decorations and hiding spots with a small and docile enough type of snake such as a rough green snake you can probably get away with housing multiple together - mainly because they really only eat bugs and like to hide themselves away.
>>2457350
For the most part snakes get along fine as long as there is plenty to eat.
https://youtu.be/pVZl_L9tKpU
>>2457352
Absolutely wrong.
>Buy one get one free sale on animals
Am I the only one bothered by this?
Its a recipe for disaster since most people arent planning on buying 2 enclosures.
Its probably ideal for animals that should be kept in pairs though.