Yes they can! Personal experience with jungle corns (which are crosses between corn snakes and kingsnakes) has determined that keeping a male and female corn snake does not implicate issues. Other people have often reported successfully keeping two or more snakes of the same species together, whether they are all male, all female or mixes of male and female. Sometimes people think they have two snakes of the same sex and find out that one of the snakes was wrongly sexed, when they end up with an unexpected clutch.
However, it is important to feed them separately. If not the snakes can go for the same prey and injure one another. It is also important to keep a close eye through the breeding season. Sexually mature females, that do not yet have the right size and weight to successfully lay eggs, can encounter problems when laying eggs. This is called dystocia and can result in the snake's death. It is not recommended to keep young snakes together. Cannibalistic behaviour has often been reported with young snakes, especially when dealing with hatchlings. The chance of young snakes eating each other is higher when they are not fed separately. When two young snakes start eating the same prey, they will eventually meet at some point and one will try to eat the other. This would often result in both snakes to die. One will obviously die because it has been eaten, the other will not be able to handle such a large meal and will suffocate.
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