Introducing new snakes

[drache]

definitely watch them, particularly at feeding time
but I've found other issues as well
some snakes, even garters, don't do well living with others and will not thrive, even if they're the same size
one of my garters, who had been housed by himself because his dietary preference was different from his siblings, started doing not so well, when housed in a larger enclosure with a male from another garter species, approximately the same size, who was previously housed with another male who suddenly had grown much larger
by "not doing so well" I mean that he started having a series of difficult sheds and his appetite became lessened
he clearly didn't enjoy the room mate situation, so now he's solo again and eating better

[Stefan-A]

Are there any particular species that are known to not get along with others?

[Elliot]

Not that I know of, of course there's the rare cases of wanderings eating other garters, but besides that I've never heard anything bad about mixing garters besides the possibility of producing hybrids.

[Stefan-A]

I was thinking more about garters from the same area as wanderings, for example. Would they recognize wandering garters as a threat?

[Elliot]

That's a good question. I doubt it though, because I don't think I could see wanderings going after other snakes when they have one of the most varied diet of any snake.

[Zephyr]

From experience, you wandering had to be pretty hungry to eat another snake. If the opportunity arises, and they're really hungry, they'll eat another garter. As far as not getting along, ribbon snakes seem to be indifferent to garter presence; as opposed to "denning" in the rock hide I made in my outdoor pen with the garters the ribbon seems to sleep under the leaves and rarely in the hide with them.