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Bex
Egg
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 29/11/2008 : 20:15:30
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Have recently bought my 1st 2 hognoses (adorable lttle thigs who pretend to be sooooo vicous), 1 boy, 1 girl (both 08's). At the moment they are living seperatly but was wondering if there was any chance they could live together? Have had conflicting information on it. Some say no to prevent premature breeding, cannabilism & allow you to monitor feeding (but i feed all my snakes in a seperate container & monitor them that way anyway), others say they have had no problems. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Meet Miss Piggy - ain't she adorable (that's mu foot she's on)
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3.4.3 corns
0.0.1 leucistic rat
1.1.0 hognoses
0.1.0 royal |
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magneticblue
Hognose Moderator
189 Posts |
Posted - 29/11/2008 : 23:01:13
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| I have found that there is a lot of conflicting information on whether it is a good idea to keep two snakes together. However, one thing that everyone seems to agree on is to house them seperately until they reach breeding age. The reason is that your male will be sexually mature before your femal and will try to mate with her. In a best case scenario this will cause your female a lot of stress. In a worst case scenario she may become gravid too young and this could kill her. Best to house them seperately for now and make a decision when they are older. |
1.2.0 Guyana red-tail boas (Hercules, Athena and Aphrodite)
1.0.0 Arizona Mountain Kingsnake (Sylar)
0.1.0 Blotched Kingsnake (Jasmin)
0.3.0 Cats (Lynx, Maizzi and Millie)
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matty18714
Wanna be 'Hero of Hogness'
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/11/2008 : 21:27:15
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| Yep i agree with magneticblue, keep them apart until they both hit breeding age and weight, then make your dicision after. There are loads of conflicting views on keeping snakes in general together. |
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Technobimbo
Hatchling Hoggie
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/11/2008 : 21:36:28
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I think I would agree also... Maybe you can have them out of their viv's together to get to know each other and you can monitor their behaviour, but why take risks with youngsters.
Loads of conflicting advice, like blue and matty say, and some people on TCS keep snakes together with no problems, but I suppose I would just prefer to play safe - particularly whilst young. |
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Kazerella
Hognose Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/12/2008 : 09:41:30
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Play it safe! Like Technobimbo says, you can always let them play out togehter  |
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Bex
Egg
United Kingdom
50 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2008 : 22:01:41
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| Thanks everybody. Looks like i'll be buying 2 vivs when they've outgrown the ones they're in now. Do your hoggies flash there bellies climbing up the side of the viv when they want some attention? |
3.4.3 corns
0.0.1 leucistic rat
1.1.0 hognoses
0.1.0 royal |
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Kazerella
Hognose Admin
United Kingdom
746 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2008 : 10:35:20
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Not really, they are just trying to escape mi'thinks. Escaping is a snakes favourite past time. Luckily, hoggys don't seem to be as good at it as king and corn snakes  |
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Mandie
Hatchling Hoggie
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Posted - 07/12/2008 : 11:52:15
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Keeping hognose together isn't wise as the males mature a lot earlier than females and are shall we say like humans mate for pleasure!
They are fantastic escape artists, I've had 3 get out this season with 1 adult male still on the prowl since I moved him out of the breeding viv and away from the female! Half expect to find him in there with her 1 of these days sky diving and mountainerring seems to be a favored pastime with them lol |
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Bex
Egg
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/12/2008 : 21:51:09
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| At the mo my 2 are kept in a 'herp haven' with a divider down the middle and today is the 2nd time that i've found kermit in with miss piggy. Not entirely sure how, the only thing i can think of is that he got beneath the divider. |
3.4.3 corns
0.0.1 leucistic rat
1.1.0 hognoses
0.1.0 royal |
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Hoggies living together
