Re: Housing various rats together...possible?

Posted by Dean on January 09, 2002 at 17:10:35:

In Reply to: Housing various rats together...possible? posted by Stephen on January 09, 2002 at 13:08:16:

Hi Stephen;

I have kept Corns, everglades rats, black, yellow, greenish rats together over the years with no real eventful happenings. Most keepers discourage it & you should separate for feeding & breeding.

You CAN do it provided everyone's healthy, but bear in mind if one is sick they could all get sick.

I wouldn't be putting Pits (Bulls, Pines & Gophers) in the mix though, they can be more aggresive & have been known to eat smaller snakes of their own kind never mind other species.

For some reason the 'Elaphae' types almost seem to be 'community' type snakes enjoying other serpentine company BUT I'm sure the vast majority in this forum will encourage you to keep most everything separate :-)

Just my 2 cents worth where my experience is.

Good luck with it.

Dean

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: Hi Stephen; : I have kept Corns, everglades rats, black, yellow, greenish rats together over the years with no real eventful happenings. Most keepers discourage it & you should separate for feeding & breeding. : You CAN do it provided everyone's healthy, but bear in mind if one is sick they could all get sick. : I wouldn't be putting Pits (Bulls, Pines & Gophers) in the mix though, they can be more aggresive & have been known to eat smaller snakes of their own kind never mind other species. : For some reason the 'Elaphae' types almost seem to be 'community' type snakes enjoying other serpentine company BUT I'm sure the vast majority in this forum will encourage you to keep most everything separate :-) : Just my 2 cents worth where my experience is. : Good luck with it. : Dean

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