Hey Guys,

Me and my business partner have decided that it would be mutually beneficial if we both gave up our own apartments and moved in together into a 3 bedroom, and made the third bedroom a snake room/ office. So I am actively building racks and enclosures to accommodate both of our collections (balls, bloods, and boas). I usually keep my rats in a separate room but with both of us needing access to the rats and an increase in the number of rats we will need to produce, I am contemplating moving the rat racks into the snake room.. i will have multiple Norway and Natal colonies.

My question to everyone is whether you have noticed a change in behavior and/or feeding responses with your snakes when they can smell the rodents all the time. Personally I have found that my ball pythons tend to have a reduced feeding response when the ASF are in the room, but not when the Norways are.. The Boas tend to have a better feeding response when they consistently smell the Norways, even though they are all on F/T.. And I don;t have any bloods myself so I can;t comment on that. I was wondering if anyone has experienced this or has any information relating to this topic.

Thanks.