I can not beleave Im reading this...guys you DONT comb snakes with any other animal you dont want to LOOSE, vine snakes EAT anoles, frogs and newts when give the chance, its tricky enough and higly unadvisable to comb several snakes in one enclosure let alone with other animals. And croc skinks are hard enough to keep by themselfes, let alone with something like a water snake. Comon sence in doing herp combos people!
"Tankmates"?
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dont even bother doing it. Multiple speice tanks almost never work unless they are huge. just stick with one type. they will thank you in the long run
http://herpcenter.ipfw.edu/index.ht...reptiles/snakes/Rough_green_snake/index.htm&2 This green snake is insectavorious. I have seen several setups with green snakes, anoles and treefrogs. And they are often housed in groups of 2-4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfGGGyxE0rY&feature=related Here is a video of one with several treefrogs. And here is a video of one eating bugs, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFO8R7jAIC8&feature=relatedcoura;3916970; said:
bass_cats;3917854; said:
If you read what Coura posted then you will see that he said when given the chance. They are wild animals and will eat what ever presents its self at that moment.
Mixing speices is wrong IMO to do in a captive enviorment. I know what some species will be from the same area but that does not mean that they want to be in the same enclosure as each other. Its one thing for them to share a tree to sleep in for a night but expecting them to cohabitate together in a small enclosure is stupid. No matter how big the enclosure is it will still be small for them.
There are very very few circumstances where I would consider having two speices together. And I wouldn't do it with amimals that eat insects or animal protein
I understand that. Its just that every time I talk about green snakes on here, coura thinks I'm talking about vine snakes. Vine snakes will eat any and all other animals kept with them and they are venomous. North american green snakes are the complete opposite. I'm not saying that they should be housed with other animals, I'm just stating that it is possible.Mike D;3917991; said:
I know what kind of green snakes you are talking about, I just like to call them vine snakes because thats the way people often call them here. Now this snakes indeed eat vertebrate animals if given the chance and like most animals they are oportunistic eaters, it makes sence because vertebrate prey are much more caloric dense then invertebrates. And the fact that somebody acomplished it doesant mean everybody can do it, in fact probably the owners of thouse terrariums dont mind replacing a anole or 2 every now and then, they are so cheap
Like some public aquariums here that keep small schooling fish with sharks and rays, and from time to time have to replace some, by other words you can do it but there is a price to pay, wich works for such shallow thinking guys. Now for the RESPONSIBLE pet owner, that bonds with its animals and wants to get home to know all their pets are safe, such combos dont make sence.
And there must be diversity of behavior on thouse snakes and food preferences like any other animal on this planet, some probably only fancy invertebrates. A guy here had one that loved to eat guppys and grasshopers but refused any other foods.
Like some public aquariums here that keep small schooling fish with sharks and rays, and from time to time have to replace some, by other words you can do it but there is a price to pay, wich works for such shallow thinking guys. Now for the RESPONSIBLE pet owner, that bonds with its animals and wants to get home to know all their pets are safe, such combos dont make sence. And there must be diversity of behavior on thouse snakes and food preferences like any other animal on this planet, some probably only fancy invertebrates. A guy here had one that loved to eat guppys and grasshopers but refused any other foods.
I've mixed green tree frogs and grey tree frogs with zebra danios and no problems arose. All 3 were in the same tank. In fact I'm resetting it up right now. It was a 29 gallon Paludarium. I've also seen house geckos, anoles, long tailed grass lizards, green tree frogs, grey tree frogs, and various fish mixed together. I also currently keep a 3 inch convict cichlid with my turtle, because she is too aggressive to go with any other fish but gets along fine with the 7 inch-shelled RES.
to name a few combos I have seen that work include...
similar size snakes of different species
turtles and chameleons
different species of turtles
different frogs/toads
lizards and tortoises of various species
chameleon and frogs
chameleons and geckos
chuckwallas/collared lizards/gilas
ETBs/GTPs with smaller ground dwelling PDFs
common lizards and slowworms
even seen plenty of croc/turtle and even ATB and standings day geckos, but that's not really something I'd recommend anyone doing. Basically most combos that work are done so the enclosures are large and the habitat is worked in a certain way. It can definately take some planning and isn't the easiest thing to do a lot of the time.
similar size snakes of different species
turtles and chameleons
different species of turtles
different frogs/toads
lizards and tortoises of various species
chameleon and frogs
chameleons and geckos
chuckwallas/collared lizards/gilas
ETBs/GTPs with smaller ground dwelling PDFs
common lizards and slowworms
even seen plenty of croc/turtle and even ATB and standings day geckos, but that's not really something I'd recommend anyone doing. Basically most combos that work are done so the enclosures are large and the habitat is worked in a certain way. It can definately take some planning and isn't the easiest thing to do a lot of the time.
