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Posted by Lyn on May 23, 2001 at 06:57:44:

In Reply to: Re: Do diff snakes stress out if they can see each other? posted by Chris H. on May 23, 2001 at 00:13:29:

Their cages are actually closer together now than they will be in the new room, so they must be used to each others smell, or they are stressed and I'm just not picking up on it. They never seem to pay any attention when I take one out which is the only time they can see each other now. I only have one musker, but she's getting better, and hopefully it isn't a permanent thing. She's not even a year old yet. I'll continue along w/ my room plan as it is. Thanks!

: Snake eyesight does not have the resolving power that you and I do. Therefore, they wouldn't see another snake several feet away if it wasn't moving. When you factor in the reflections on the glass and all other interfering variables, they might as well be in different states.

: However, snakes will smell each other, whether they can see each other or not. Since smell is probably a more important sense to them than sight, they wouldn't be seeing anything they hadn't already detected by smell.

: Not usually a problem, unless you have a pair and the male is trying to get to the female, or you have one snake that musks frequently. That will often disturb snakes of the same species that smell the musk.

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: Their cages are actually closer together now than they will be in the new room, so they must be used to each others smell, or they are stressed and I'm just not picking up on it. They never seem to pay any attention when I take one out which is the only time they can see each other now. I only have one musker, but she's getting better, and hopefully it isn't a permanent thing. She's not even a year old yet. I'll continue along w/ my room plan as it is. Thanks! : : Snake eyesight does not have the resolving power that you and I do. Therefore, they wouldn't see another snake several feet away if it wasn't moving. When you factor in the reflections on the glass and all other interfering variables, they might as well be in different states. : : However, snakes will smell each other, whether they can see each other or not. Since smell is probably a more important sense to them than sight, they wouldn't be seeing anything they hadn't already detected by smell. : : Not usually a problem, unless you have a pair and the male is trying to get to the female, or you have one snake that musks frequently. That will often disturb snakes of the same species that smell the musk.

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