living together?

Carpets do have a high male combat drive so be Leary of that. I've housed 3 male babies together before and fed out of the tank with no problem but once they are mature I would not recommend it. 2 females and a male with adequate room for all should be fine. I believe in one snake per cage unless breeding except when it's your only option.

I have a pair I keep together year round. No problems.

When feeding...I remove one and feed the one left in the cage. Once finished eating and settled and return the removed animal. Wait a couple of days to allow the food to begin to digest and I remove the animal and feed the other now. easy.

....no only if I could get a lock outta that pair. :P

Keep them separated. Snakes are solitary creatures and they can and will fight for the best basking spots, cool spots, etc.

There are ZERO benefits to housing multiple snakes together.

If an excuse is to 'save space' then I suggest the person gets out of the hobby, since carpets are not exactly "little" snakes.

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Keep them separated. Snakes are solitary creatures and they can and will fight for the best basking spots, cool spots, etc.

There are ZERO benefits to housing multiple snakes together.

If an excuse is to 'save space' then I suggest the person gets out of the hobby, since carpets are not exactly "little" snakes.

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...get a big cage. :gj:

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...get a big cage. :gj:

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uh, no. What benefits are there for housing two snakes together?

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uh, no. What benefits are there for housing two snakes together?

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...breeding. It's difficult for snakes to breed in two separate cages.

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...breeding. It's difficult for snakes to breed in two separate cages.

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Cool, and during breeding season that's perfectly acceptable. And when it's not breeding season, there are no benefits to housing them together.

Thanks for proving my point.

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Cool, and during breeding season that's perfectly acceptable. And when it's not breeding season, there are no benefits to housing them together.

Thanks for proving my point.

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What benefit do you get from two snakes (morelia) housed separately?

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What benefit do you get from two snakes (morelia) housed separately?

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They don't fight for dominance, they aren't stressed out. They show no aggression to me, they eat perfectly for me.

They shed perfectly. It's easier to maintain humidity and temperature gradients in two individual habitats than just one.

So can you tell me what benefits you get from housing two NON breeding snakes together? You've completely avoided answering it.

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They don't fight for dominance, they aren't stressed out. They show no aggression to me, they eat perfectly for me.

They shed perfectly. It's easier to maintain humidity and temperature gradients in two individual habitats than just one.

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...never had a problem with any of that.