I have two garter snakes (Logan and Marvin) and Logan is about 25-50% bigger than Marvin. Should I risk putting them together? Since Logan keeps escaping all the time, and Marvin's cage has a special cover so he can't get out. I just wanted to know your opinion. Thanks!
2007-10-15 15:04:18 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
At the zoo I formerly worked at we had two female garter snakes on display together, and one was bigger than the other. They got along just fine, and it was a much smaller enclosure than Toe Cutter's. As long as you keep them well fed, and feed them separately, it's not likely you'll have any problems.
2007-10-16 22:07:03 · answer #1 · answered by AliDawn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get another secure cover for Logan's enclosure. Garter snakes are not notorious for being cannibalistic, but with that kind of size difference, cohabitation would be risky. My garter snake (the snake in my avatar) ate her would-be mate when they were hatchlings--she was almost twice his size. Also, snakes are not naturally social animals and housing more than one in an enclosure can stress them out.
If you do decide to house them together (which could work out if the size difference wasn't so drastic, as garters are a more social species), DEFINITELY feed them separately and in a different enclosure or paper grocery bag. If you feed them together, you'll likely be prying apart two snakes in hunting mode, and if you feed them always in their enclosure, they could associate that environment with food and see the other snake as dinner.
Financing_loans has no clue what he's talking about; if these are captive-bred specimens (even if they are wild-caughts that have been kept in captivity for a long time), releasing them can be very detrimental to the local ecosystem and local population of wild garters.
And Future_vet isn't going to make a very good one with that kind of advice--snakes don't even need food dishes.
2007-10-15 16:06:07 · answer #2 · answered by thisismynewage 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have a pair of female garters that I've had since they were born. They have lived together every day of their lives &one is over 4ft & the other is only 20 in.They were both fed the same foods (earthworms at first with occasional fish treats) thru various size mice, now the big one eats 3 full grown white footed mice once every 10 days & the small one eats 3 hopper mice every 10 days. They are now both over 5 yrs. old & other than seperating them for feeding, they are always together in a 40 gal. breeder tank with absolutely no problems.
2007-10-16 10:15:00 · answer #3 · answered by Toe Cutter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wild snakes carry parasites and mites which could be transferred on your blue garter snake, so do no longer do it! launch the conventional, he belongs in Colorado, and seeing out of your different submit you INTENIONALLY prefer to tear them out of the wild, that's stressful and harsh to the snake.
2016-11-08 10:50:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Logan just might eat Marvin if he takes a fancy to.
2007-10-15 15:06:29 · answer #5 · answered by bgee2001ca 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Oh, it should be fine! If you notice anything unusual with the two, then, I would recommend that you move the other! I hope that i helped! Thanks, and, good luck,
~ Future Vet
*EDIT*: You might want to put two seperte food and water dishes in the cage! Just in case they don't want share!
2007-10-15 15:07:09 · answer #6 · answered by Future Vet 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
well prbably not i have a snake and i would not put it with any animal and if its bigger than the other then... yeah so just get a different aquarium with screw locks i have those
2007-10-15 15:07:08 · answer #7 · answered by Floosh. 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Why dont you just go let them play near the pond?
They have 1000's of acres to explore (ie pooh 1000 acre forest). Why do you have to cage them at all? Are you sadistic? Let them outside, if they want to come back to your cage they know how to get there.
I get zoo animals, I dont get why you would have gartner snakes, other then your own pleasure. Its bizzare. Just let them go. They dont hurt anybody, you just hurt them. They didnt do anything to deserve you putting them in a cage.
Dogs and pets ect are pets, hell even rabbits. They come back after they run away and scratch on the door. Snakes arent. They are putting them in prison. They dont want to come back, they want to leave. Let it lose, if it comes back I will shut up. Dogs and cats will. They hate you for where you put them.
2007-10-15 15:09:24 · answer #8 · answered by financing_loans 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋
they should be fine the worst that can happen is you wind up with no pets at all.
2007-10-15 15:07:16 · answer #9 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋