QuestionTonight I found a baby groundsnake on my kitchen floor. That was certainly a first! I caught it of course. It's about 4 inches long.
I was considering putting it in the tank with our corn snake. The corn is about a year old.
I'm wondering two things:
If the get along is there a downside to this? Maybe I'd be introducing parasites to my snake.
If they don't get along is there a reason not to let my corn eat the groundsnake? I'd hate for the corn to get all uppity and decide it won't eat thawed frozen mice any more. I'd hate it more if it made my corn sick.
AnswerMy guess is that the cornsnake would probably eat the groundsnake. And yes, that could give your cornsnake parasites that it does not currently have. Whether or not it would harm the corn snake is hard to say.
If the corn snake did not eat it though, they still would not live together in perfect harmony. Most likely it would cause stress for one or both of the snakes.