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Hi
I have a male ball python thats a yr old . He is great tempermeant wise and great eater . I am thinking of getting a female and keeping her in tank next to him.

Any problems with this ? I ask because have read some snakes change tempermeant wise,etc if they smell a female in area . So wanted to see if anyone has had that experience. The male lives in 30 gallon long tank and the new F if I do get her will be in 20 long next to him.

Thanks

I don't know about the temperament issue; I only have one male at the moment (getting my new one next week) and he has always been a little brat when it comes to temperament.. I do have him housed in the same room as two of my three females; only one fem. in the room is a mature female though, the other is an '06.
I would definately quarantine the newbie for a month or so; after a vet check to rule out parasites, etc, you can then observe him visually and beware of any signs of disease.
From what I have read, it is caging males and females together that can put a damper on the male's desire to breed; or at least, keeping them seperated and then introducing the male at breeding time (November) will help "kick in" the breeding response.
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2.3 Ball Pythons
1.0 Boa Constrictor Imperator
0.1 albino Cranwell's horned frog
1.1 breeding Clawed frogs
1.0 black cat
0.2 paint mares, 1.1 paint foals
Also have fancy goldfish, african cichlids, and rats.

I should have asked if it would make him nippy or put him "off" to food if he picked up a females scent ?

But I gather from your post no problem in that regard . I dont intend to breed them as I wouldnt breed my pure albino male with my new piebald female .

Lol kidding I wish . The male is "average" the f I am getting next week is "average" . They are just pets .
Going to house them next to each other in seperate tanks .

thanks

I keep a male and a female together in the same tank, and the male is still as sweet and good natured as he was when I first got him and he was housed by himself. He also eats like a pig. Oddly enough, my female's appetite has improved since I started housing them together.
Point being, you probably won't have a problem.

~jenny
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1.1 normal ball pythons (Cindy and Darwin)
1.0 rex rat (Scurvy)
0.1 bunny (Spazz)
2.1 betta fishes (Vicious, Killer, and Butters)
3.1 great danes (Shasta, Odysseus, Merlot, and Watson)
1.0 fat fuzzy mutt (Smokey)
1.1 cats (Thidwick and Turtle)
2.0 horses (Buddy and Sam)
1.0 goat (Billy Jack)
2.25 chickens (Jacques the rooster and his harem)

but what I really want is more ball pythons!