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I have four B/P all are approaching 1 yr. of age. I currently house them together in a 55 gal. terrarium. I know that this will only work for so long, so my question comes up. If I keep them together any sugesstion on a tank size(demensions). Someone sugessted that I use 96qt. rubbermaid totes for each snake in a rack system. Any advice apprechiated.

For feeding reasons it's best to house each separately.

Depending on where you live, the sweater boxes may hold in much needed humidity and warmth that is more difficult in an aquarium.

Small adults can be kept in Rubbermaid’s model 2221 which is 5.853 x 16.825 x 23 in.

I'm not sure which Rubbermaid you are calling 96 quart but somewhere (maybe Sterilite's site) I found one and it was over 12" tall. If you are only going to make a 4 tall rack this is probably ok but you don't necessarily need that much height.

On Rubbermaid's site I found the following model numbers and dimensions:

2141
9 x 39 x 16.25 in

2267-87
10.602 x 33.38 x 20.782 in

2159
6.231 x 34 x 16.442 in

I'm not sure where these can actually be found in stores and I wouldn't be surprised if there are other models not listed. I think any of these would be good for even very large adults, I especially like the 9 and 10 inch tall ones.

Just looking at the pictures though I’m not sure what the bottoms look like. You’ll want to look for ones with as flat of bottoms as possible to make them easier to whip out when cleaning.

why do you want to house them together? The only time they need to be together is when breeding. Most of the people that I have spoken to that house BPs together do so for their own reasons, such as they think it looks cool. I have yet to hear from an experienced keeper of BPs that promoted housing BPs together for the BPs benefit. I wouldn't risk it due to the stress that it places upon the snakes.

Denver Tom

I use various size of Sterilite boxes from Wal-Mart.... They're durable, has nice curves for easy cleaning, and is relatively ($1-$2) cheaper than Rubbermaid. Sterilite has a website you can check out various sizes that you can purchase..... and locator to be able to find them in your area... www.sterilite.com Hope this helps

seperated houseing for each ball python as mentioned previuosly for stress and feeding reasons is the best way but also for health reasons. if one happens to come down with a r.i.,they all will get it, if one has diarihha or regurgs for some reason you don't know which one is haveing the problem. racks are great, but for you only haveieng a few snakes and you want to see them better and set up a more "visually appealing cage" think about building some small melamine cages, plexi for a window on the door that opens from the front so you could stack them if you want. maybe 36w x20d x18t.