Can I introduce another cornsnake to my 1yr old one?

In August of last year, i got my first corn snake. 12 months on, he is now a calm and settled friend of mine.
Recently i have been thinking about getting another, but is it possible to introduce this one to my first snake?
Will difference size be an issue? And, if so, is it possible to wait until they reach a similair size?
Thanks for your time ^_^
Rachel
Answers:
If anything i hope you keep the snakes in separate tanks, the other issue is to quarantine both snake from each other for 6 months due to possible air born viruses.
The only time two snakes should be introduced is for breeding purposes.
Size can be an issue they have been known to be cannibalistic.

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Hi Rachel,
I also have two corn snakes. A male who is almost 5 foot long and a much smaller female about 2.5 foot. I had the male snake for about 6 months before I got the female. There has never been any problem with them sharing a tank. They even curl up together. However, at feeding time it can be tricky if they both go for the food at the same time.
Hope it all goes well.

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monkienutz your corn snakes are not cudling they are competing for the best part of the cage and you should seperate before feeding to prevent them from grabing the same mouse and contricting each other because snakes usally dont let go until its dead
but to the asker i dont know if size will be that much of a difference but you should quarintine the other snake for 6 months anyway and after that they might be closers in size

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i have had 2 corns in a tank and found it to cause too many problems, mine both turned out to be males, so i ended up with 2 male that would fight and try and constrict each other to show dominance.
if you introduce a smaller snake to your first one, the smaller one may have problems with feeding due to being intimidated by the larger snake, when you feed them you would have to seperate them for feeding this movement may cause one of them to go off their food. if one comes down with an illness then you would have to treat both because the second one would be bound to come down with it. it can be harder to monitor faeces and droppings from 2 snakes in one tank, if you have one of them regurgitate, you wont know which one it is etc etc etc. there are many problems that can arise from keeping 2 snakes in one tank, it would be far better to house them seperatly.
its keeping 2 snakes together that people usually end up with unexpected clutches of eggs etc, my friend did the best one. had a 9 foot boa female. and was given a 9 foot male, as a rescue case. he decided to breed them and kept the male in isolation for 2 months on his own, which showed no problems. within 2 weeks of being together, both snakes died. the male had a bacterial infection in his stomach which didnt show in general just meant a higher amount of bacteria in the faeces, which subsequently killed the female, and the male soon after.
it is always best keeping snakes seperate for their own good

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If one is sick the other can catch it. If one regurgitates a meal how do you know which is which. Also corns can be canabalistic(sp) and may eat the smaller snake. Best not to risk it.