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is it cool if I house a male and a female together? If not how do I breed them?

I wouldn't keep them together unless you wanted and were prepared for eggs. Do some research, google "breeding ball pythons" and/or "ball python care/husbandry".

For now, house them seperately to minimize stress. After you've done some research, then you'll be able to decide if you want to breed them or not.

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318 pairs of ribs.
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On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
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Ball pythons are solitary animals and the only time they should be put together is male being introduce to a female during breeding season and during breading season only. Even then this is not a permanent housing situation as the male introduced briefly to the female (This also require that both are the proper weight)

There is absolutely no benefit in housing multiple snakes together however it can create problems such as stress, going of feed, spreading of diseases and parasites, premature breeding, you are also at risk for serious injuries, death and even cannibalism.

Unless breeding...
Never house mulitple snakes together! This can result in Canibalism. You may have 2 snakes in one enclosure, go to bed and the next morning you may have One Fat snake instead of 2 lovely snakes. So, 2 snakes - 2 enclosures, 3 snakes - 3 enclosures, etc. (unless you are breeding)
Check this Canibalism picture out. Note that the one that did the Eating was Smaller than the one who got eaten.