can my snakes be housed together???

[Hazeldarc]

I have a Male garter and my husband found a rough green snake and he wants to know if its ok to house them both together???

[RedSidedSPR]

No. As a rule, only garter snakes live with garter snakes etc.

[Kantar]

they can be found in the same area in the wild but they shouldn't be housed together, they would argue on who is prettier

[guidofatherof5]

Probably the best thing to do is keep them apart.
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[Hazeldarc]

thank you for your advice its a big help

[BLUESIRTALIS]

They would not physically hurt each other but rough green snakes have somewhat different requirements and don't do real well in captivity. If you keep the rough green you need to set it up in a taller enclosure with lots of branches and plants put a small water bowl but you still need to mist the cage every now and then because sometimes they drink from the leaves on the plants make sure there is plenty of ventilation so it don't get too humid and you need to vary their diet from crickets, roaches, and hairless caterpillars dusted with vitamins. They are also escape artist. Rough green snakes are really not the best captive in my opinion.

[Kantar]

next year I am hoping to catch a baby smooth green snake. Which hopefully doesn't take a couple years like the northern redbellies did

[RedSidedSPR]

I've always wanted to keep green snakes, but their short life span and hard-to-keep-ness has kept me from it.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Greens that are seemingly thriving in captivity often drop dead in 6 months to a year to unknown causes. It's probably something they are getting from their varied insectivore diet in the wild, that is missing from store bought crickets and the flies you manage to capture. In the wild they eat spiders, grasshoppers, crickets, flies, moths, you name it they eat it!

[RedSidedSPR]

Yup, one of the keys is lots of differet foods. Don't feed crickets only. I'm talking everything, but not without knowing it's safe...

Another Problem I have is their 2-6 year life span.

They really are awesome though, I've caught several and have ALWAYS wanted to keep one. I think I could too.

[d_virginiana]

I've always liked them, but I've only ever seen one in the wild. :( It randomly crawled out of the engine of my grandparents' jetski, totally unharmed. Is their lifespan always that short or is it just that captive care for them is really difficult?

[RedSidedSPR]

Nope. They have a short lifespan

I made a post a little bit ago of one I found in the Nature Photography thread.