While it "can" be done, I don't advise doing it. I don't think it's a good idea to house any two snakes together (breeding projects exempt of course) even if they are the same species. But most especially if they are different species that reach different sizes, that originate from different continents altogether. There are many many reasons why co-habitation is not wise, not the least of which is that one may carry a virus that it itself is immune to, and infect the other and cause it's death. Then there are feeding issues. One or both can be badly hurt during feeding if they both grabbed the same food item. And unattended one can even be consumed by the other (if fed together). It's just a bad idea to house them together and when the relatively inexpensive costs of additional caging is taken into account it's more a question of, "Why house them together", than, "Why not?"
>>I'm new to the board so this has probly been gone over many times before but I need to know. Can Burms and Ball pythons be kept together provided there is enough room for both to be comfortable. The ball is about 10 years old(4.5ft) and has been by himself for 7 of those years at least. I just got the burm in july(4ft.)and I am building hime a bigger cage. Can I put them both in???
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>>Thanks in advance, Rich
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>>What does all this 1.1 ball and the like mean?
>>Anyway I got 1 4 1/2ft ball & 1 4ft burmees!
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