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Is it possible to mix two different kinds of snakes?
I know most snakes dont go well together,
but I would really like to get a second one
and I just dont have enough room to provide large enough housing
for two bigger snakes. I have a ball python that was hatched in May. I know to put them together they should be about the same size and age. Is it possible to mix him with a Boa constrictor or a normal Python? or does it have to be another ball python? I really want to get a snake with "snake eyes" but I just cant provide two seperate dwellings.

Just hold off on getting another snake. Do a lot more research before you buy a snake just because it has "snake eyes" You say that you don't have room to house two larger snakes, but remember that your small ball python will get big rather quickly so you will need the room eventually. I am not sure what you mean by a normal python. I am guessing that the ball python is your first snake. Do as much research as you can on this site and in books to learn how to keep your snake and reptiles in general.
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0.1 Rosy boa
4.7 Kenyan sand boas
1.0 Brazilian Ranbow Boa

If you're going to mix two snakes in 1 cage, I take back everything I said in your post right above this one. lol

Somebody post the picture of the ball python barfing up the red-tail boa please. Or was it the other way around? Both snakes were the same size anyway.

you mixed it up, the boa ate the ball
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jake

my addiction:
0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
0.1 amelenistic corn snake (maizy)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
1.0 albino cal king (zeus)
0.0.1 wc garter (zim)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

If you don't have enough room to keep two cages, then you don't have enough room to keep two snakes in one cage.

There are LOTS of reasons to give each snake its own cage, and no good reasons to make them co-habitate.

If and when you are in situation that you have plenty of room for another cage, then consider getting another snake.

if you want more snakes but cant have to separate cages because of space build or buy a rack, you can house 6 snakes in the same amount of space as one aquaruim and cost about the same as one realy big aquarium or a couple smaller ones.

aquariums = crap, they dont hold temp or humidity (which limits what you keep in them), they take up an insane amount of space, their heavy, fragile, and expensive.
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jake

my addiction:
0.2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
0.1 amelenistic corn snake (maizy)
0.1 blizzard corn (blizz)
1.0 albino cal king (zeus)
0.0.1 wc garter (zim)
hybrid breeders association
hybrid haven

The question was "if two different species CAN be housed in the same habitat". I totaly agree with you all as far as it's best not to for many different reasons we all know of. But the answer is yes they can be housed together. Are the risks worth it? First of all any snake can and has been reported to be Ophiophagus it don't have to be two seperate species. The Red Tail that eat the ball most likely would have eaten another Red Tail if that would have just happen to been the cagemate. Accidents and problems accure most can be prevented. If you wish to house two different species together do your research and be sure the habitat is large enough to house them both and the second animal MUST have the same requirements such as temperature and humidity. I must say the most impressive displays I've ever seen housed several different species. Even reptiles and amphibians. Though There are risks involved the establishments that displayed these animals knew them and researched additional prevention methods for the particular risks involved. So simply can you keep two different species of snake in the same habitat absolutely but not without risks.