a few questions... is she a loner? too many in one tank??

Okay give me some advice/tell me what to do..

I have a 20 gallon glass tank. aspen bedding, two hides, a basking rock and a nice size water bowl. So far I have three hatchlings in there, a female mojave, female pastel and a male cinnamon.

1st question.... My cinny and pastel cuddle, they are always wrapped up with each other or stacked ontop of each other in one or the other of the hides. My mojave on the other hand doesn't even like going in the hide, she sleeps randomly on the side of the tank or wrapped around the gages on the side. Why won't she hang out with her new friends? Is it normal for her to not even want to go inside the hides? and sleep just out in the open? Could she just be a loner and not want to hang out with the other two?? They are all basically the same age give a week or two.

2nd question.... My fiance wants 3-4 more hatchlings... same age as the three I have already. Can I put all 6-7 in the same 20 gallon tank, just for now while they are little then get a bigger tank a little later? OR will that stress them out having so many in that tank together?

any and all advice is greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks!

It's not a good idea to have more then 1 per tank, in my opinion, and they are not cuddling, the are trying to get the best spot.

you shouldn't house any BP together ever

Please house all of them separately.

Lose the heat rock. It can burn your snake badly!

Gotta echo what`s been said already. You have 2 too many in that tank. Plus, It`s WAY too big of a tank for hatchlings. (Easy Solution) Go to WalMart and get three15 quart tubs and seperate the babies.

@Swaboda325, just curious: who told you to set them up like that in the first place?

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Originally Posted by SlytherynHiss

Gotta echo what`s been said already. You have 2 too many in that tank. Plus, It`s WAY too big of a tank for hatchlings. (Easy Solution) Go to WalMart and get three15 quart tubs and seperate the babies.

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You could even use something as small as a 6qt as well: the snugger the enclosure and hides the better for babies (though I too personally like the 15 qts for the younger ones)

Please separate the three you have and house them all and any others you might acquire separately: having them all together currently is likely really stressing them out. There's many threads on here that tell how to properly set up a tub setup if you're new to snake-keeping in tubs.

read the care sheet on the front of the site. You are violating some the cardinal rules of bp care. Np - easy to correct!

Another note: as with any new additions please quarentine everyone separate from your established collection for at least 3 or so months (use different tools for each as well such as feeding tongs). If you were to put new snakes in with the three you have it could be a big problem if one of the new ones was ill.