So just to be clear.... I was given these two babies, you are saying to continue to house them together regardless of the time of year and they should still breed when the time comes with no issues??? Also, will they breed to soon posing health risks??



In general I was speaking about kingsnakes. But you have rosy boas. They are not snake eaters. But captive born rosys can get VERY agressive with feeding. Unlike wildcaught rosys which are very mellow. But SOME captive raised rosys get extremly agressive. maybe it is because they are more inteeligent than kingsnakes. I am not sure. But they seem to learn by conditioning whenever a hand comes in to feed them or the cage opens up.



If feeding them together I would make sure to feed them seperate... meaning, let each grab their first mouse and put them in opposite corners of the unit. A rosy will eat anything that smells like mouse. Even hands that don't smell like mice. Captive raised adults are also more, well , how should i put it...more shark like than kingsnakes. Once they latch on. they won't let go. I found this true with with captive raised babies only...and then onl;y some locales. And unlike kingsnakes. They don't let go. Once they are in that kill mode. Their ain't no stopping them.



i personally would house them together when they start feeding on young adult mice. But that is my preference.. Best time to bond them is like any other snake, in winter.
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