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    Just to make sure, can you house males together? Some other species gets very aggressive...

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    Re: Housing

    If they're similar in size, go for it Feed separately, tho. They don't get aggressive, but can have a misguided feeding response.
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    Re: Housing

    I have one large tank with 2 male garters and 3 female dekays for almost 3 years no problems.

    They all feed in my hands, so there is never any food accidents.

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    Re: Housing

    I have a tank full of male garters; I feed them in the enclosure, too. Just make sure you monitor everyone closely at feeding time and keep all their little mouths full.
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    Re: Housing

    I like housing them in groups of three
    that number works for me, where I can still feed them in their enclosure without too much stress
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    Re: Housing

    Groups of 3 or 4 work best (for me), excluding the one tank with 5.

    Neonates (Baby snakes) I cluster as many as 20 in a 10 gallon, but they are always moving, so the numbers go down in time.

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    Re: Housing

    Rhea, Kyle, and anyone else feeding groups in their enclosure, are you hand/tong feeding or are you putting food in the enclosure on a dish/dishes?
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    Re: Housing

    Quote Originally Posted by jitami View Post
    Rhea, Kyle, and anyone else feeding groups in their enclosure, are you hand/tong feeding or are you putting food in the enclosure on a dish/dishes?
    Hand/tong feeding, but seeing as I'm trying to bulk everyone up for brumation, I've been putting feeder fish/worms in dishes for them as well.
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    Re: Housing

    Quote Originally Posted by jitami View Post
    Rhea, Kyle, and anyone else feeding groups in their enclosure, are you hand/tong feeding or are you putting food in the enclosure on a dish/dishes?
    tong feeding here
    I have everything ready, including two tongs
    it helps me to feel less stressed, if I can lure the snakes into different corners of the tank
    usually I take out any decorations that obstruct my view
    I just hate it when a snake I've just lured half-way across the tank, grabs the food and slithers backwards back into the hide, where her roomies are just starting to get excited about the smell
    the tongs allow me the kind of distance that enables me to keep an eye on the entire tank and its inhabitants
    rhea
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    Re: Housing

    Since almost all of our snakes will eat while being held, I myself find it very entertaining to pick them up, feed them and then return them to the cage.

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