I hold to snakes within 1 coop?
i have 2 snakes in one cage is this desperate
Not really. But you want to separate them when it comes to feeding them, because one of them might not get their food, especially whether one takes a longer period of time to swallow it's food.
Most snakes are solitary animals ( approaching to be alone) so I'd recommend seperating them. Especially ball pythons, they are quite solitary and absolutely detest have someone else in there cage unless that is to say, its breeding season.
do not listen to the snake guys answer its completely wrong! in the wild some snakes even eat other snakes, for example king snakes, they nurture on rodents as well as other snakes! all snakes are solitary, and "the snake guy" shouldn't be called the snake guy because he's incredibly dumb, and apparently he doesn't prudence for his snakes.
The snake guy needs to transform his name.
Yes it is discouraging, you should separate them. Snakes are solitary animals and do not like to to be together. By keeping them together you are risking premature breeding, cannibalism, and constant stress on the animals.
Answers: The Snake Guy's answer is very wrong. How does he know his snakes enjoy being together? They don't own facial expressions. Any biologist will tell you snakes are solitary, but the Snake Guy (?) seems to think otherwise. He's wrong. All snakes are solitary and should be housed alone.
Excuse me here, but I have something to say to everyone who say that snakes are solitary animals - THEY AREN'T! I own multiple snakes that get stressed out if they aren't together. I have 3 corns contained by one cage, and they're ALWAYS together. My RTBs LOVE to bask together. They don't bask if they aren't together.
To answer your question - It's fine. I do it. It is not detrimental, unless you are keeping cannibalistic snakes or snakes that are of way different sizes in the same coop.
Snakes ARE solitary creatures. Some species such as garters and rattlesnakes congregate at certain times of the year, but for the most part you'll never find a bunch of rattlesnakes, garters, cornsnakes, or any other species of snake together. I have all the same to find a whole bunch of snakes together in the wild, and I do profusely of field herping. It's not good practice for a species like that when food sources are much more difficult to come by. Multiple snakes surrounded by an area would compete for available food. It's much smarter for them to have a wide nouns where sources are not exhausted rapidly. Cornsnakes are indigenous to this state where I live, and they only aren't found together. Just because the snakes are in one spot doesn't mean they like respectively other, it just means that the cage temperature in that spot are what they all want, or that's the only salt away that has that temperature. They don't stress from loneliness. You are risking accidental breeding at too young-looking an age if they are of different sexes. This can result in egg binding and death surrounded by a young, small female. Males don't care whether the feminine is ready to breed or not. They will breed her. Stress can create failure to thrive, make them susceptable to disease and largely lower their quality of life. Diseases are easily spread when you own multiple animals in one cage. Once one gets it, the other ones will as very well. Males will eventually reach breeding age and will fight each other. It won't concern if there's a female there or not. It's not well brought-up husbandry practice and if you can't afford to keep the snakes in separate cage (and this can be as simple as a large rubbermaid tub that stacks) then you shouldn't have them.
