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Housing different breeds in the same rack?

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How does everyone feel about this? I know it's generally not a good idea to house different species of snakes but with the rack systems most of us use, I feel they are as close to being housed together as can be without being together.

Take my racks for example. Standard DIY melamine rack with tubs. Now once you melt your holes, aren't they just a few inches away from the next set of holes below? I know any airborne illness is a given but what else could go wrong? What other ailments can (let's say) a Python catch from a Boa? I'm currently running BP's and BRB's, some in the same rack and no problems for over 6 months.

Has anyone ever had any issues with this? Any input? Thanks
 
Realistically, the greatest danger in that situation is of cross contamination by the keeper.
I keep different types of pythons in one rack, different subspecies of boas + pythons in another, and, my baby rack(s) house a variety of boas, pythons, and colubrids.

Sometimes I try to separate them more; but, when I've got them in the same room, I don't think it really matters all that much. If the individual tub conditions are appropriate for the animal housed, they should be fine.

**The above statements are, of course, based on the expectation of appropriate quarantine of any new acquisitions...and the immediate quarantine of any animal that begins to show symptoms of any problem.
 
I have corns, milks, and kings all housed in the same rack. Once I get a few more built I will put the milks/kings in their own.
 
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