Does anyone know if it would be alright to house a ball with a blood, as long as both of their requirements were met.
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Balls and Bloods
herperboy
Jun 19, 2003 03:37 PM
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pythonmikey420
Jun 19, 2003 03:51 PM
A blood needs a higher humidity than a ball...much higher...maybe too high for a ball to stand for a long period of time. Its just safer for both animals to be housed seperately..but thats just my opinion. Thanx
VoodooDragon
Jun 20, 2003 03:44 AM
Well, there's two problems with housing them together:
1) Their humidity requirements are CoMPLETELY different. BPs need humidity at 60%. Bloods need 80 . Thus, if you keep a BP at Blood requirements, the BP will have cronic RIs. Same if you keep the Blood at BP standards.
2) Bloods from from Asia, BPs from from Africa. Which means they have different internal bacteria that they're immune to, but can make the other snake sick, y'know?
If you're worried about cost, here's a cheap setup:
A Sterlite plastic tote with some holes drilled in (actually the best thing to house a Blood it - in hold humidity very nicely for them). ~$10
A human heating pad with 3 settings (make sure to get one WITHOUT an automatic 3 hour or whatever turn off). ~$10-15
A bag of Cypruss mulch. ~$4
Total cost, minus snake, water bowl, and hide = $30 Not bad, eh?
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