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There's a big difference between cohabitating snakes to breed together (which clearly big time breeders DO), but cohabitating same sex snakes for the fun of it? Yes I am quite sure they don't do. Ask a breeder how many of their snakes in the racks get sick all at the same time in the same area, there's quite a few. Now imagine if all those snakes lived in the same exclosure, then, clearly, they'd ALL be sick....not just the bunch in the racks. For someone acusing people of "flapping their gums" you sure do it quite quicker. I don't retract my post, or edit it, except maybe use smaller words so people understand what I meant, who are quick to point the finger

If it will help you understand my posts better, I will gladly use monosyllabic words......just ask.

Your post reveals just how little you know on the subject. That's not a crime. Some species will NOT mate or do worse if you do not co-habitate them together year round.

Snakes do not get magically sick out of the blue. They get sick when they are kept improperly or introduced to new animals that are not properly quarantined or treated for parasites. Again, most people don't quarantine their new arrivals correctly - I bet more than half the people on this forum have never really quarantined a new arrival. No need to get all hot and bothered for not knowing that.

But you are regurgitating crap you have read by posters who are regurgitating crap they have read. You are offering opinions based not on actual experience, but word of mouth. That's very dangerous when it comes to giving advice. Be very sure of what you are advising before you advise it.........

What is truly regrettable is that despite not really knowing what you are talking about, you are continuing to assert that you cannot house two snakes together. You are attempting to deflect that lack of knowledge by referring to these mythical "big breeders" who don't do it, and who also offer dire warnings of doom to anyone who does.

The FACT is that many people do it - experienced herpers and breeders alike who have done it for years. As I said, some species will not breed or accept a mate unless co-habitated.

The FACT is that while we do it, we also caution against doing it. Again, not because it CAN'T be done or shouldn't be done, but because it requires knowledge and experience to do it successfully.

In the case of some species, it is actually a giant pain in the ass that, in order to breed them, you have to keep them together year round. Try separating and reintroducing some highly toxic rear fanged animals every week, for years on end. Not something I would elect to do, but need to so that I can produce babies.

So, in the case of the OP, he probably should avoid doing it. But get it through your head that this doesn't mean that doing it is a bad thing, or something to avoid or a husbandry no-no, or something that the rock star big breeders don't do.

Are you starting to get it now? Your initial advice to the OP was correct - in his case it shouldn't be done. The reasons you followed up on were wrong.