Multiple snakes

How many of you enjoy having multiple snakes vs having just one?


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I have a few :rolleyes:, and I have a few species too.

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Originally Posted by Billy29

How many of you enjoy having multiple snakes vs having just one?


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I don't understand the question... Do some people really get one snake and then stop? :rolleyes:

Yeah it seems like really not much more work to have a few more. The only thing is giving them time out so they stay tame.


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Originally Posted by DVirginiana

I don't understand the question... Do some people really get one snake and then stop? :rolleyes:

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Haha!:) Its definitely an addictive hobby.

It's kind of hard to stop at just one... haha. I love having more than one snake, I take them all out every so often and all my snakes have never bitten me out of aggression. They're my babies. :)

I got my first ball in November and now have three, a male lesser, male vpi axanthic, and a female vpi satin black pastel.


They really are the dopest little fellas, it's only a matter of time before I get myself a rack :D

I like having multiple. There are so many morphs out there that simply look cool that it is hard to have just one. You get into that mode, "well I bough a lesser but I really like and would rather want to have that calico, but I love my lesser. I couldn't trade him, so I will have both." And it goes on and on and on.

I am one of those people who do believe that all snakes have different personalities. As your collection grows, your time to hold them for long periods of times dwindles. Then there is the cost factor. Having 10 snakes is still cheaper then having 10 dogs but at the end of the day, it is still expensive and easier to "groom". Have you tried bathing and brushing 10 dogs in one day? I would rather stick to the "self skin cleaning animals". But back to the expense part of it, one snake ($20 a month) verses 10 snakes ($200 a month). Its a big bill when you put in housing, food, bedding and even vet bills together. You also lose interest on wanting to decorate their enclosure for a more appealing look in your home. Now you have to find a secluded space where hideous snake racks don't clutter your living room where your friends or family come to visit. But to most of us, that isn't an issue so we chose have the hideous racks so we can enjoy the amazing process of watching 10s or 100s of snakes grow, breed, hatch. You name it.

If I had ten snakes I would be buying my food and bedding in bulk. I can't see it costing more than $75 dollars a month to feed and clean cages.


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I have 8 and don't spend anywhere close to that much a month. If you buy right that could pay for several months of food.

Some of my cages have loose substrates while some are paper. I use free newspaper so that doesn't cost anything.

My dog cost me way more on food a year.

I like multiple snakes and multiple species. That way there's usually at least one available that I can fool with if the others are in shed, or just ate, etc.

I have three snakes at this moment each a different species i love their different personalities my next snake will probably be a milksnake morph or a brazilian rainbow or maybe a carpet python or what about a woma :rolleye2: lol

18 as we speak .
Snow Boa
Dwarf Hypo Burm
Pair of HC Albino Royals
Pastel Royal
Pair of Corn snakes
Bamboo Ratsnake
Rhino Ratsnake
Albino Texas Ratsnake
Imperial Pueblan hybrid ( King snake x Milksnake )

Banded Cali King
Purple Albino Stripe Cali King
Desert King
Garter snakes x 4 ( Black & 3 albino chequered )

My goal is to have a couple of ball pythons, a Brazilian Rainbow Boa, a Hognose and maybe a corn.

Right now I just have a ball python but I'm looking to get a rack as we speak.


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Originally Posted by KMG

I have 8 and don't spend anywhere close to that much a month. If you buy right that could pay for several months of food.

Some of my cages have loose substrates while some are paper. I use free newspaper so that doesn't cost anything.

My dog cost me way more on food a year.

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Of course it is all with circumstance. Someone in my position do not have the option of bulk food or bedding. I do used uprinted news paper which I get from my local newspaper people but it costs me about $10 a month for a small roll. But because I do not have the option of bulk bedding and if I wanted to use bedding like aspen or cypress, it would cost me $10-$30 to fill one tub. Having 13 ball pythons, it adds up. My boa and corn snake are given bedding. Two 24q fills my corn snakes cage and 4 24q lightly fills my boa's. In Alberta, there is no such thing as live rats so I have to breed my own ASF rats which is cheaper then buying them one by one, but if I had to buy one by one, $10 for an adult ASF once a week for a single snake... well I am sure you can do the math. Not everyone has the same options. And either way you look at it, one snake is still more expensive then one... which was the whole point of my earlier comment.

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Of course it is all with circumstance. Someone in my position do not have the option of bulk food or bedding. I do used uprinted news paper which I get from my local newspaper people but it costs me about $10 a month for a small roll. But because I do not have the option of bulk bedding and if I wanted to use bedding like aspen or cypress, it would cost me $10-$30 to fill one tub. Having 13 ball pythons, it adds up. My boa and corn snake are given bedding. Two 24q fills my corn snakes cage and 4 24q lightly fills my boa's. In Alberta, there is no such thing as live rats so I have to breed my own ASF rats which is cheaper then buying them one by one, but if I had to buy one by one, $10 for an adult ASF once a week for a single snake... well I am sure you can do the math. Not everyone has the same options. And either way you look at it, one snake is still more expensive then one... which was the whole point of my earlier comment.

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I don't think you're shopping right. Also, sweet lord how much bedding do you think it takes to fill a tub? I've bought a 20 dollar bag of compressed aspen shavings at a reptile expo and it lasted me a good 3 months with between 3 and 6 snakes and would have been longer except I switched to paper towels, which is still only about 6 to 10 dollars a month for 11 snakes at this point (depending on poo frequency). Ordering bulk frozen rodents online is also cheaper, since small rats will run about 2 or 3 dollars per (plus 30 dollars for shipping, but eh). Part of owning lots of snakes is shopping efficiently.

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I don't think you're shopping right. Also, sweet lord how much bedding do you think it takes to fill a tub? I've bought a 20 dollar bag of compressed aspen shavings at a reptile expo and it lasted me a good 3 months with between 3 and 6 snakes and would have been longer except I switched to paper towels, which is still only about 6 to 10 dollars a month for 11 snakes at this point (depending on poo frequency). Ordering bulk frozen rodents online is also cheaper, since small rats will run about 2 or 3 dollars per (plus 30 dollars for shipping, but eh). Part of owning lots of snakes is shopping efficiently.

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I sure would if my snakes weren't on live food. It is cheaper for me to breed my own, but some people do not have this option. Good for you being able to. I do not have an online store here to buy bulk. I have never heard of compressed aspen. Pine yes, but not aspen. The only aspen and cypress available to me is the zoo med or national geographic from the local pet stores. Not even my local garden center carries anything. They have pine for horse stall and cedar bark for garden beds. Its not like I haven't checked. Zoo med cypress, the cheapest I can get a 32q is $49. I have searched, doesn't mean I shop the wrong way. I just don't have the options like you do. And if I was to ship from the US, it would cost me the same amount as buying from my local pet stores since shipping itself is cost by weight.

Note to self, don't move to Canada.

That is horrible that you have to pay those prices.

A frozen rat from the pet store is 4 dollars. A mouse is 2 dollars.


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I have 2 snakes, and I have my eye on at least one more.

I love having couple of snakes. I got 15 bp. 1 kenyan sandboa