a few questions... is she a loner? too many in one tank??

[Crazy4Herps]

It's not always easy to tell when a snake is stressed out; often times there are only subtle clues. There may seem to be "no problems", but in fact there may be many problems. In the wild, snakes live completely alone, only encountering others for short periods of time during their breeding season (and even then, they are not comfortable with other snakes near them; during the breeding season most snakes start refusing food, unwilling to put themselves in a vulnerable position). I completely understand where you're coming from, it's cute and they may seem to be fine, but expert herpetologists have concluded that housing snakes together is stressful, and imo that's the sort of advice we should rely on simply because often times we have no way of telling when something's wrong.

1st question.... My cinny and pastel cuddle, they are always wrapped up with each other or stacked ontop of each other in one or the other of the hides. My mojave on the other hand doesn't even like going in the hide, she sleeps randomly on the side of the tank or wrapped around the gages on the side. Why won't she hang out with her new friends? Is it normal for her to not even want to go inside the hides? and sleep just out in the open? Could she just be a loner and not want to hang out with the other two?? They are all basically the same age give a week or two.

The "cuddling" you see is actually a fight for dominance. This is fairly common among snakes that are housed together. They feel threatened by each other and want to scare each other off. It seems strange, I know.

As for the mojave, it sounds to me like she is not as assertive as the other two and has been chased off, so to speak, except she has no way of leaving. It sounds to me like she is frightened and doesn't want to go near the others or their "territory" (which probably consists of the hides and water dish).