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I was just wonder.. will snakes fight??
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This is courage.. to bear unflinching what heaven sends. -unknown

2.1 chocolate labs and bassett (Harley, Barker and Capone)
1.0 leopard gecko (Nacho)

Two males will fight over breeding rights to a female. But its not so much biting or punches and kicks lmao *joke* im pretty sure the more dominant maleaka bigger male will just hold the other male down or keep puching him around. Im not 100% on this though.
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B Sleeper

1.0 Chocolate Lab
0.1 ?? Normal Ball python (yet different)
1.0 04 Het Albino
1.1 06 Het Albino
1.1 06 Het Pied
1.0 06 Pastel
0.? 07 Pos Het Albino (Momma has not laid the eggs yet)

Ball pythons fighting is about as exciting as ball pythons having sex. Males will shove each other around a bit, but its nothing that'll actually hurt either one, and like mentioned before usually over breeding rights to a female.

Hope that helps!

~jenny
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Males will engage in "combat" during the breeding season.

They wont bite each other (at least I havent observed this).

They will confront one another and raise their heads and front part of their bodies up. The stronger male will attempt to gain leverage over his weaker opponent and push the weaker males head down in a submissive manner.

I sometimes have put the males together before putting the one I want to breed in with the female. This works well if you have a tentative male that isnt getting the job done with the ladies. Theres nothing like a little healthy competition to get the blood flowing...

I will never leave the males unattended when I do this.