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 A question on housing

I don’t work with hots at all. I mostly work with colubrids and a few boas. My question is about housing multiple hots together. I have seen pics on here of people who appear to be housing multiple rattle snakes in the same enclosure. Are these snakes not as apt to be stressed and get sick or refuse food. I know with boids and colubrids, it is always advised not to house two snakes together, so I was curious whether or not the same is true for hots (specifically rattle snakes because that is where I notice multiple snakes housed together).



05/01/08  12:28pm

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   Message To: Silenceafable   In reference to Message Id: 1722141


 A question on housing

Its the exact same concept, but many people do it anyways. Not all snakes get as stressed out, and rattlers are VERY communal during the fall-spring months, so I’m sure that has some effect to. But with more then one hot per cage, the risk of an accident is increased two fold.
05/01/08  02:51pm


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