Housing different species together.

[GarterGeek]

Thank you!!

How do you pick terrarium size for housing multiple snakes? How much space should you add for each individual snake?

[gregmonsta]

That really depends on the sex of the group you choose and the size of the individual ... if you think of 3' as a minimum for a female garter snake and work from there ... the recommendation is usually to add a foot per snake ... i would say a 3' viv could probably house 2/3 males quite happily (depending on size) ... I currently cohabit 4 males in a 4.5' enclosure and they love the space ... the bigger the enclosure the better in my opinion.

[jitami]

I'd like to pull elegans elegans out of this group. Vagrans are known to be cannibalistic, but I'm not sure T. e. elegans deserve the same rep. Heck they barely look related to me, but that's a different story.