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Is there any reason that I should not keep two males that are roughly the same size (1360 and 1200 gr) in the same cage? I intend to breed them in the future. Thanks in advance for any responses.
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I have Balls!

I've not had a problem keeping males together.
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1.1.2 Ball Python (normal/rescue)
0.0.1 Yellow Anaconda
0.0.1 Kingsnake spp.
1.3.0 Southern/Turkish Crested Newt
1.3.0 Roughskinned Newt
5.0.0 Axolotl
0.3.0 Jefferson's Salamander
0.0.2 Blue Spotted Salamander
0.0.2 Tiger Salamander
0.0.2 Fire Salamander
0.0.1 Himalayan Crocodile Newt
0.0.2 Common Musk Turtle
0.1.0 Calico Cat

I have found that if you house two or more adult male ball pythons together in the same cage they may eventually begin to spar. It is not dangerous to either one, but I'm sure it is streessful. If you see the water bowl tipped over and the substrate all over the place you will know that there has been conflict between them.

Good luck...
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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

I've wondered in the past, will the males spar if they are not cycled cold?

I've placed sub-adult males together for some length and they dont seem to fight.

But placing two big fellas together when the room I keep them in gets colder at night this time of year...I havent tried that.

n/p

You should keep all of them separated unless breeding ,If one is harboring or is diseased or infected in some way you put both at risk and it is a facked that reptiles can Cary parasites that will launch a attack on there hoast when under extreme stress and duress so I say keep them separated

So, my breeder pastel male will go after any other male in the room, even if I am holding them both. I set two snakes on my bed while I was cleaning and my male pastel knocked the male spider right off the bed. Then when I went to grab my male pastel, he was like "what, you want a piece of me too". Moral of the story, NO, do not put two adult males together if you value the well being of your snakes.
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Thanks for the responses. They are not currently together. In fact one of the males in question is still in quarentine as I just got him in early August. The reason that I posted this question was that I have very limited space (one rack) and was trying to figure out how best to utilize it. Even the possibility of stress is a deterant to me though so I guess I'll just have to have one less space for a female. Thanks again for the responses.
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I have Balls!