Corn snake question from a total newbie ^^?

Question

Hi,I'm a total newbie. Still learning. Please don't burn me with evil flaming. ;.;

While I'm looking at all this information about these little guys,I found a breeder I'd like to deal with. Unfortunately,I've yet to see a website that talks about how tolerant they are with one another. Most likely I'd be getting 30 gallon long (36") or using a 29 gallon tank for this. Would three younger snakes get along together in there? How much larger of a tank should I be prepared to get as they get older?

^^ Very good first answer,my full question was more along the lines of: What size would I ultimately need for a community tank for a trio of these guys?

Though I sort of assumed seperating for feeding purposes-would it be alright to pick them up and put them back in the community take afterward? I'd always heard it's bad to handle a snake right after eating.

Answer 1

Corns, as long as they are similar in size, seem to get along fine in a community setting. Give them a few hides, some climbs and a water dish or two and they'll be in heaven.
Your tank sizes sound okay, but you may want to think about upgrading. If you can afford it, All Glass puts out Critter Cages and I would recommend a 40 gallon breeder. They are cumbersome, but they can be made to look pretty and have a screen top that slides in and locks (which is essential as corns are escapists) and will likely be the only tank you would need for them.
Corns are in the colubrid family and colubrids are poopers, so when you set up your tank, keep cleaning ease in mind. Feed them seperately, gently return them to their tank and leave 'em alone to sleep it off!

Hope this helped some. Have fun with your new additions!

Tanith

Answer 2

Quote - "PLEASE! do NOT COHABITATE your snakes. please go to cornsnakes.com, You will find ALL your answers there and what you can't find in the FAQ's and doing a search. YOu will find so many members more then happy to help you! Snakes by habit are individuals and don't congrigate with each other untill breeding season. Not sure of the age of your snakes but you could have an early gravid time with one of your females which could end up in a vet visit or even a dead snake... PLEASE before you go any further seperate your snakes.. for thier sake! "

We've had corn snakes since i can remember and we've kept them together. We use to have three, but now only have two..

(Although that sounds bad as i'm tryna prove they won't kill each other, buttt we didn't lose it over that reason. The snake had to be force fed since it was little, and eventually he just give up, and even after force feeding it wouldn't keep the mice down like usual)

The two other snakes have lived happily with each other ever since.. i think my parents got them when i was about 4, and i'm nearly 17, so it's been a while! They get along great and spend most of their time sleeping together in their log.

I do recommend getting a big tank though, it saves upgradiin at a later date. But if you can't now, then just get as big as you can. I would reccommend the lock though, once the older one was bigger, it went on a ledge near the lid, squeezed it's muscles and mangaged to move the lid enough for them to both escape!! (Btw, they even stuck by each other then, they were found a day later curled up next ta each other in the bottom of the couch!)

Good Luck

Amy :)
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Answer 3

cornsnakes are great pets for a newbie even advanced keeper. I personally have been breeding corns for near 15 years. Although you can keep them together some things may be a challenge when keeping them together and you were right to assume feeding would be one of them. obviously the easiest thing to do would be to seperate them and this would cause a few things, first it would let the animal realize that usually before it eats it will be picked up and in some cases ease strong feeding responses so your less liekly to get nipped when going into the cage, secondly it gives you the opportunity to do any sort of cage maintanance like cleaning etc. just plain ol' makes life easier. a few things to remember when replacing the animals back into their terrarium is first.... they have eaten and in most cases anything that moves at that point is fair game and most likely food, so you will have to be carefull, I usually use a small "shield" of some sort, like a rubber maid top for example to seperate your hand from the animals head (the end with the teeth lol) by (not pinning the animal) place the "shield" across the animals mid body and grabbing just on the opposite side of the "shield" dont hold them to long the added stress can cause regurgitation and other eating disorders.
if you do choose to feed them all in the terrarium together remember that each animal will eat at their own pace so you should watch them as they eat to make sure the faster one doesnt go to one of the others to enjoy their meal as well. and if you feed live food items, they may go anywhere in the tank and at that point 2 or even all three of the animals could get fixated on the same food item and then it could turn into a little bit of a mess. good luck if you have anymore questions you can check out myspace at ectothermicideas or email at [e-mail] good luck

Answer 4

Hey,
Just read your question, We actually own a snow corn. She became part of our family in October of 2006. When we brought her home she was about 12 inches long and she was the size of a pencil (around). Today she is approx. 46 1/2 inches long and about 3/4" in diamiater. We had her in a 10 gallon fis tank and recently moved her into a 55 gallon fish tank. she loves it. I dont know how well 2 or more snakes would do in an enviroment that size. But it is perfect for "Candycane". Good luck.

Answer 5

You can keep Corn snakes in a community enclosure and even feed them together as long as they are far enough apart not to want to steal one of the others food. The easiest way to feed them would be in individual containers and then return them to the community enclosure about an hour after the last one finishes dinner. As for a larger tank, that will be about a year away and a 20 gallon long (12"x30") will work quite well for each snake.

Answer 6

I suggest you start off with one snake, trust me they have their moody days haha. Also remember that they grow pretty long. They can grow up to 6 feet, depending on how mucht you feed then and what you feed the, so you will need a large enough tank. And last i know for a fact snakes hate to be bothered before and after feeding, especially after! Give them a 2 to 3 days to digest.

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Answer 8

PLEASE! do NOT COHABITATE your snakes. please go to cornsnakes.com, You will find ALL your answers there and what you can't find in the FAQ's and doing a search. YOu will find so many members more then happy to help you! Snakes by habit are individuals and don't congrigate with each other untill breeding season. Not sure of the age of your snakes but you could have an early gravid time with one of your females which could end up in a vet visit or even a dead snake... PLEASE before you go any further seperate your snakes.. for thier sake!

Good Luck with your new guy!

Answer 9

we have our ball python in a 29 gallon tank and the pet store said it will be good for him the first 2-3 years then he will need a bigger one to grow properly