I must disagree with what you've read so far. First off, bp's shouldn't be housed together in the first place. They're not social creatures and putting them in the same cage can cause stress and other problems. If you want two snakes, you should plan on having two cages.



Second off, a three square foot cage for two full grown bp's? That's 6-8 feet of snake stuffed into a 3sq' cage??? I don't think so. A SINGLE adult bp requires at least a 30 gallon long, but there's no way there'd be room to house two of them in any sort of healthy environment. (If you insisted on housing them together, as I know some people do.)



Thirdly, just because a seller claims a snake is CB&B doesn't mean you shouldn't quarantene it. Even CB snakes get exposed to mites and other diseases and it would be foolish not to keep the two separate for a few months. And if you're keeping them separate for that long, why not just keep them that way?



And fourth, (and this is my personal opinion) I think it's irresponsible to breed a pair of snakes just to see what happens, just like it would be to do so with dogs or cats. There's a LOT of responsibility involved in breeding animals, including having proper housing available for ALL the babies, feeding them those first difficult meals, taking them to the vet if they have problems, and finding them good homes.



I don't yet own a ball, but love them to pieces and study them constantly in anticipation of someday having my own collection. I'm sure the more experienced people on this board could step in with better things than I have said, but I couldn't let that other post go by without comment.



Just my nickle's worth...

Judy
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