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Baby Ball Python Housing

Reed_kamsler Mar 21, 2008 01:24 AM

can you house them together? im trying to figure out how big to build my baby rack, and can baby balls live in a shoebox just untill i sell them?

Replies (4)

coldbloodaddict Mar 21, 2008 01:59 AM

They need to be kept separate...

Depends on how long it takes you to sell them...

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Jon
Cold Blooded Addiction

reed_kamsler Mar 21, 2008 09:31 AM

ok thats what i thought thanks

mistysprouse Mar 21, 2008 08:19 PM

I use the vision rack 1754
it works out nice cause when they are babies you use the 15qt tub(2 per level) and as they get older you can get the 32 quart tub as well(they are 1 per level out the side)

so it leaves room for growth

http://www.visionproducts.us/racks/htm2/brochure1.html
Rack

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Misty Sprouse Ball Pythons

j3nnay Mar 23, 2008 10:27 AM

They can be housed together without too many problems after they hatch, up until their first shed, which is when most people seperate them.
After that, it's easier to get them well started if you seperate them, as they will often refuse to eat if kept together.

Sure you can keep them in a shoebox size tub, but like mentioned before, if you can't sell them you'll have to get something bigger eventually. The longest I've been able to keep mine in a shoebox size tub is only about 3 months before they get too big to look comfortable.

~jenny
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"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words."
- Anna Sewell (1820-1878)

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