Hallo!

[YungRasputin]

It sounds like cool ball python alternative people should consider.

absolutely - especially for people who are new to terraculture and struggle with keeping higher humidity levels, not so good with maintaining median temp ranges, and things of this nature - they’re super hardy desert snakes that can tolerate a massive temp range going from 120F all the way down to 32F

and they’re less picky about eating than ball pythons as well - just little garbage disposals in my experience

[YungRasputin]

I sure don't envy them when feeding time comes- in fact, there's at least 2 times that co-habbed snakes are a problem: when you're feeding them, & when it all comes back out. But this was a show about making dreams come true, not about dealing with every issue. I can't imagine cleaning all the nooks & crannies they created with all the fake rocks- they really need a shift-cage for clean-outs, but as I recall they put drains in the floor so it could be hosed out. It's worth a look. It's like you see in a good zoological display. I just hope people watching don't get the idea that co-habbing snakes is a good idea- they barely touched on that, & I was listening for it.

that’s what i was curious about tbh - i just always assumed that snakes, much like arachnids, are cannibals and that communal enclosures are just asking for problems unless you’re like breeding or something

[Bogertophis]

that’s what i was curious about tbh - i just always assumed that snakes, much like arachnids, are cannibals and that communal enclosures are just asking for problems unless you’re like breeding or something

It's a risk, for sure. Even with well-fed snakes, of the SAME species. I once put a pair of rat snakes together for breeding. The female had produced before, the male was a first-time breeder & he seemed interested. (Neither one was "wearing rat cologne" either, from a previous meal.) Everything looked normal- I watched for a while, but after I left the room for a short time, I came back to find the male had killed the female & was trying to eat her! Rat snakes do not normally prey on other snakes AND both were well-fed. To say I was upset is an understatement.

In that episode of Animal Cribs, their snakes were not matching sizes, that's for sure, & no genders were mentioned. Just a risk the owner accepted I guess- since not being able to provide more than one deluxe enclosure. Live & learn? He'd gotten away with co-habbing those snakes for years, so he wasn't about to change- I just wish the issue had been made more clear to novice snake-keepers viewing the program, that it's a bad idea to co-hab.