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Snakes - Solitary Creatures?
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by TheFifthDay on November 29, 2008
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Do you think snakes are "solitary" creatures? I would just like to have some peoples input and opinions on this subject.
Thanks in advance for the answers.
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by MoccasinMan on November 29, 2008
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Yes... for the most part snakes are not social animals. Certain species will agregate during breeding or brumation, but that is the exception, not the rule.
AW
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by Rob_Carmichael on November 29, 2008
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I agree but I've seen some interesting suprises. We have a pair of Philodryas baroni who share a very large exhibit with lots of vertical space. You will always find these two snakes together at any time during the day or night no matter what - it's really quite amazing. I also see it with our Crotalus willardi - they are always coiled with each other. There could be more to it than we understand.
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by Cro on November 29, 2008
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Some snakes do seem to "enjoy" the company of others.
The male timber rattlesnake that I have had for 35 years now has always seemed more contented when he shared his cage with another timber rattlesnake.
He shared his cage with a black phase timber rattlesnake for 26 years, and after that black timber died, he was very restless and stopped feeding for a while.
I now have a grey colored female timber rattlesnake in with him, and they both stay coiled together most of the time, although the cage is very large, and there are multiple hiding spots for both of them.
Other snakes are different though. I can put several of my pygmy rattlesnakes in the same cage, and if it is not breeding season, they will go out of their way to find opposite sides of the cage to stay in.
I have a very large community cage for my adult cottonmouths, and there are six of them in the cage. There are two large females that are almost always coiled together, while the others tend to have seperate corners of the cage that they like to stay alone in.
So, I would say that some snakes are somewhat social, and some are solitary.
Best Regards
John Z
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