+1 Species In Rack

Does anyone house more than one species of snake in the same rack, controlled with the same heat tape and thermostat?

yes....

all of my boa's, balls and my cornsnake are housed in the same rack.

And I thought I was crazy for doin that...psh.

yup, hoggies, corns and BP's

I have my balls and corns in the same rack, but have to pull the corns tubs out just alittle to get them off the heat.

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

And I thought I was crazy for doin that...psh.

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Is that up for debate?

Yup, balls and short tails. Short tails just get no hot spot, and are near the floor where its cooler.

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Originally Posted by Halfdawg

Is that up for debate?

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Not for you it aint!!!! :rage::rage::rage:


hahaha

Depending on who you talk to, this is either a fine idea or a horrible idea... theoretically animals from different continents especially could pass disease onto each other, if one animal is immune to a certain disease that is local to one area, that another animal is not immune to... being in such close contact with each other would not be a good idea. I know this does happen in birds specifically, and I'm sure it happens with other animals. My vet recommended that I keep animals indigenous to separate continents in separate rooms. Not real sure if anything has been proven to do this in snakes, besides IBD, but the possibility is there.

I use shelves instead of a rack for now, but I mix em up. I use the same size UTH and a single thermostat to control my corn and hognose. I also use a similar setup for my boa and one of my bp's. The way it's setup, the bp's warm spot is about 3 degrees higher than the boa's. It seems to work pretty well, and I use a temp gun to double check everything. When I get actual racks, I will do the same thing if I need to.

with the same heat tape and thermostat controlling all of them, I'd only do it with animals that had nearly identical requirements. i.e. I wouldn't house balls and corns on the same rack with the same heat; they have way different requirements. But if the heat was different for the corn tubs and the bp tubs, for instance, it could be ok.

I currently house hognose and kingsnake species in the same rack. Never any issues.

I got all my snakes in one rack. :gj:

Jaxson my boa is in the bottom shelf of one of my ball racks... its cooler down there and he doesnt seem to mind at all. I even gave him extra branches for climbing and a humid box to keep humidity high enough for him.

Nope. All my royal pythons are in a bedroom at one end of the house and my boas are in cages at the other end of the house. I was always told not to house royals and boas together, having something to do with the possibility of asymptomatic IBD in a boa. For that reason, I always deal with my royals frist and then go to my boas.