You know I've heard these "don't mix them/ competition for space" arguments several times now, but my experience has been the opposite.



I've had 2 Ball Pythons, 1 Boa and 1 Corn Snake live happily in the same large tanks for several years and not use the same spaces at all.



I now have 3 Fiji Boas in the same tank with three hides, 2 branches and 2 bamboo tubes. They've been there since birth and (3.5 years) and will use one hide for a week or so and then another, so I know they are all acceptable.



Now here's the interesting part: often all three will be in the same hide in a big pile. BUT every now and again two are together and one is in different hide. Whenever that happens it is inevitably the two litter-mates together and the unrelated one alone. The litter-mates appear to distinctly prefer each others' company to being alone.



So I don't know. I understand they are not bunnies, but mine do seem to voluntarily "snuggle".



However, I do accept that if you are frequently adding snakes to a collection, separate housing is essential to avoid introducing and spreading disease, and if you house snakes together you need to feed outside the tank to avoid nasty accidents over prey animals.

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