Husbandry issue?

[elevatethis]

I don't feel I am just "mimicking" their natural enviroment, why is it wrong to keep them in a place where they have many natural things surrounding them? why is it wrong to have them live semi what it would be like in had wild versus nothing at all? Also the bigger one (Niko) was not eating before we put the little one in there.

Your missing the whole idea here. If you can't mimic nature 100%, you should not attempt to do it at all.

Thus, providing them with a captive environment that has been proven successful over and over is the only option if you want a healthy animal.

If you want a more naturalistic setup (which can be done), go with a smaller tank (20-40 gallons) for each snake individually. There's a write-up in the husbandry section about doing this with a glass tank.