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HI well I have a 5 ' boa in a 6'x3' closet with aspen bedding temps 75 at night 83 during th day with a 93 degree heat pad on all day and night...so the setup is good ...I was wondering is it ok to put a ball python in with her? as long as I fed them seperately? Also the ball python is a ababy is that too freaky of a cage size to put her into right away??
thanks alotMike

No.
No no no no no.
No.

Never mix species. Just...don't.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

Read this:

http://ballpython.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3358
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~* Jen *~

Pink Lady Constrictors

1. Snakes are solitary animals - they don't generally need or like the company of other snakes - it stresses them out leading to a variety of problems. House all your snakes separately and appropriately.

2. You shouldn't mix species as they carry different bacterias that could potentially make the other sick or kill them.
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Tosha
JET Pythons

Absolutely not

Not only they have different requirements but there is absolutely no benefit in housing snakes together, even same species snakes should only be introduce to one another during breeding season and breeding season only.

Multiple housing can create problems such as stress, going of feed, spreading of diseases (in this case this include IBD) and parasites; you are also at risk for serious injuries, death and even cannibalism.

I will finish with this as one of the possible result

Those pics are not for weak stomach

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p137/GA_Ball_Pythons/Housing/BoaPython1.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p137/GA_Ball_Pythons/Housing/BoaPython2.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p137/GA_Ball_Pythons/Housing/BoaPython3.jpg

No way ! Defiantly not , Not if you value the heath and wellbeing of your reptiles . David of DS Reptile Rescue