Hi!
For all of you that have multiple glass enclosures side by side or that might have worked in the herp business where this happen, what's your opinion on this?
From my understanding it's preferable to keep the animals from seeing each other but I've seen so many breeders with lined up glass or screen enclosures like this that I must question if what I know is right or just half-right.

Thanks!
Ricardo

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I think it depends on the type of reptile you have in the tanks. I dont think snakes care....and if you have iguanas, if you have 2 males like I do, I have it shaded so they cant constantly see each other....so it really depends on the types of reptiles in the enclosures.....Lyn

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I have many tanks that are in eye sight of each other and I havent noticed any stress or psychological disorders, lol.

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I thin kit def. depends on the species. I know if any other herp is within eyesight of my Chinese Water Dragons they will usually flip out. Ive found this to be true for the Mountain Horned Dragons also

If memory serves, I think most breeders with enclosures like this were breeding various types of geckos like Crested Geckos, tokays, etc.

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i house my amphibians next to eachother and they do not seem bithered by it at all, my bullfrog however is a little twitchy so I usually keep him out of eyesight with the newt, i have caught him trying to eat him through the glass......and I think maybe the newt just teases him...lol.my treefrogs really arent bothered by anyhting, my salamanders dont seem to care either. but I imagine it would depend on the type and sex of the animals.

Snakes won't care. Bearded Dragons WILL. My Chinese Water Dragon lives with a pair of basilisks and is one of the most easygoing and healthy animals I own, I swear she could watch the apocalypse happen and just pick her teeth enjoying the pretty lights.

The way I have my room set up, cages next to each other are sight-blocked if necessary (like for Bearded Dragons), but everything can see everything else from across the room (lined up on opposite walls). Just make sure they can hide and you'll be fine. The way I have it set up, day animals are on one side and night animals on the other. The day animals sleep in their hides at night and everything seems to work well. It was a little trial and error. When I'd take the big snakes out a few of the lizards would still freak out, but now that the small animals are upstairs and the big down, I haven't had any incidents. Just get them where they feel safe. Arboreal animals should be stacked higher (putting bassies on the floor wasn't the smartest thing I ever did), etc. Generally, if they feel they can retreat to a safe place, they'll be a lot less stressed.

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bearded dragons especially males should not be faced across the room they will not tolerate seeing another male as they class this as teritorial and will blacken and head bob, then stress will kick in and illness will occur try and angle tanks so they cannot see each other

i have found the only snakes that don't dig seeing other movement are all my adders... anything seen moving and they start puffing away ready to strike, especially my horned adders(they get spooked at anything). Other than that, snakes really don't mind but lizards are another story, varies alot! As others have said, work on a species to species basis don't generalize.
Chameleons are a definite no no!! even their own reflection stresses them out, and can even result in death cause they just stop eating and stuff.