I just purchased another ball python. He is just a baby and was wondering if it were safe to house him with my other two ball pythons which already live together. Their enclosure is plenty big enough for several adults.
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Housing ball pythons together
raynidays
Feb 21, 2004 02:13 PM
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Tigergenesis
Feb 21, 2004 03:09 PM
Personally, I think there are too many reasons not to house multiple snakes. I don't think it's worth it: disease transmission, stressing snakes out, one gets sick they may all get sick (and worse all die), more than one vet bill...and snakes aren't social.
I can only think of one reason to do it - and that's to save on buying another cage/tank. But if you can't afford another cage/tank - then you can't afford the vet bills and shouldn't have more than one snake anyway. I believe we are responsible for providing the best care possible for our herps and keep in mind what's best for them - sparing no expense (okay within reason - no need to give you're single BP it's own bedroom. LOL).
That's just my personal opinion (although it seems to be a prevailing thought in my experience) - no offense meant, just sharing my thoughts.
Best of luck in what you decide to do.
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domingoakasunday
Feb 22, 2004 10:55 PM
What size enclosure do you have?
is your new snake the same size as the other two?
if the enclosure is large enough and the new snake is the same size as the other two I would say it is safe to house them together after you give the new one a nice long quarentine time.
I have two BP in one 40 gal breeder tank and I feel it is going to be too small for them and I am going to be building them a custom enclosure and moving my baby red tail into the 40 gal for a while. so make sure your tank is very, very large if you want the three together. my snakes are each at about 2 feet long. the custom enclosure I want for the two will be 8 feet long and 4 feet wide and 4 feet high.
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