Bunny in the same room as snakes?

Good luck with the bunny! I don't think it will be a problem. I keep the mice in the same room with my snakes, and nobody notices except the dogs. Love house bunnies - yeah, they are classified as lagomorphs, but I've never bothered to learn what the actual distinction is.

My last house bunny was something of a "magic" bunny too. Long story.
Rest in peace, Ifshin.

Given the way all mine ( Burm , King snakes , Royals , Boas , Corns , Ratsnakes and Garters etc ) get ' restless ' when there's the smell of defrosted rodents in the air - I presumed keeping LIVE ones in the same room would be a No - No ..

I have a hamster, a rabbit, and formerly (:() a ferret in the same room as my snakes, lol. It's a big room ;). They still get excited when I warm a mouse/rat, and nobody seems bothered by the proximity. Of course I imagine it would be a sad ending if the hamster and snakes ever got loose at the same time (well, the cats and dogs would end things first), but I'm not worried about the rabbit. . .she's 6 pounds and kinda mean.

I suspect that after awhile, smells that are just sort of always there in the background get tuned out and ignored. That seems to be basically necessary for everyone at some point, animals as well as humans, because we can't just be constantly on high alert all the time on account of information whose relevance doesn't pan out. The snakes might react at first, but after awhile the smell of the rabbit will just be the normal background of the room they live in. They'll have no problem picking out the smell of a feeder you serve them.

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Originally Posted by Coluber42

I suspect that after awhile, smells that are just sort of always there in the background get tuned out and ignored. That seems to be basically necessary for everyone at some point, animals as well as humans, because we can't just be constantly on high alert all the time on account of information whose relevance doesn't pan out. The snakes might react at first, but after awhile the smell of the rabbit will just be the normal background of the room they live in. They'll have no problem picking out the smell of a feeder you serve them.

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Yeah , that makes sense I guess.

My rodents (mice and rats) never seem nervous when I have to move them into the snake room because of a power outage or something. That's the only room I heat when my power goes out, so everyone has to go in there for awhile. The snakes that eat f/t don't seem to notice or care that the rodents are in there, but my BP eats live and she will go into feeding mode.
But that's probably because it's the exact same scenario as when she gets fed. I doubt it'd have the same effect on one that doesn't eat live.

I used to have 2 female rats as pets. I also had 2 snakes, at the time. They were in the same room together. But, they were at opposite ends, if that makes a difference. I handled my rats everyday, after taking a shower, I would handle my snakes. They were still tame as could be. The only time they reacted was during feeding time. I noticed that they had a faster response. Nothing really bad to notice.

When I first started I kept rats in the same room as snakes for about a year, once I moved the rats out I kept a bunny in the same room as my snakes....for the past 6 years it's been snakes only in the room however I never had any issue during the years fury animals and snakes were housed together.

The important thing if you keep small fury animals and snakes together in the same room is not to have them out at the same time, wash your hands between handling and make sure that all enclosures are secure and no one can escape.

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Little late, but for what it's worth I have snakes and a hamster and guinea pigs all in the same room and I don't think they've even noticed each other.

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