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These are not my pictures or my post. But, it is something I think people should see.
Again, this is disturbing.
John

http://www.bobclark.com/bcforums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20213&FORUM_ID=11&CAT_ID=13&Topic_Title=Can I house my Boa and my Ball Python together?&Forum_Title=Picture Forum
Link here

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"To be the best..........You must lose your mind."

And I asked his permission to post it on bob's forum.
It's a great series, to answer a common newbie question.

Thank you again herman
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It really is a good series for that question.
Thanks for sharing it Herman. And, I'm glad you posted it Sean.
Later,
John
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"To be the best..........You must lose your mind."

Yes you can, but as you saw in those photos what can happen, I never unless I am cleaning cages or what not house more than one snake in an enclosure at a time, accidents do happen why take the risk, also boas and ball pythons are from two different parts of the world, where one might like it dry and arrid the other may like it humid . they do not naturally come accross one another in the wild.
Keeping them in the same cage is not a good idea because of illness bacteria or diseases or canabalism, I had a litter of dumerils one time and I did not have the space or the cages yet to place them individually so one day I checked them and I saw one of them trying to eat its littermate, so I sepperated them, the next day or so one was missing and in the bell of that same snake. I sepperated him from the rest and just out of curiousity I placed him back with his littermates and he attacked another snake, I could not figure out why so I kepy him seperated.
Not only should you not house them together but if you do NEVER FEED THEM IN THE SAME CAGE TOGETHER, one might finish eating first and go for the one thats half way down the throat of the other sanke and then you have a snake fight and pulling them appart is not that easy .
House them sepperately you'll be glad you did.

` Just like humans, some snakes will eat each other, whether starving or not. Some have to be pretty desperate, and some don't go to such extremes.
` I sure wouldn't put Boids together, unless I had a lot of experience with each individual animal.
` These have been together for almost six years. As adults, they are fed 6 to 7 times per year.
` The Ball is the only snake in this group with a strong feeding response. The others will take food without striking, or constricting.
` The Ball however, likes fingers. It's those darn heat pits, they get me every time.
` I have ( too ) many snakes. These five are the only ones I have found to be suitable to a community.

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` They smell food thawing and line up politely. LOL

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I've seen you post this stuff before, and get into arguements over it. Persoanlly I think its facsinating, and a little irresponsible at the same time. No ill will, just my honest opinion.

The thing to remember is, just because you can pull it off without incident does not make it advisable practice. I'm sure you and all of your snakes will be quite fine with your methods, but it isn't something newcomers should be introduced to as a good idea.

$0.02

sean
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` You are right, and I agree with you. That's why I said that I wouldn't do it on a whim. I don't argue about why you should. I argue about why you shouldn't.
` It literally takes years to be SURE that none of them is sick.
` Figuring out which ones will tolerate communal living is a matter of finding the balance between them. There is surely some luck involved too, as in everything.
` Two of the male Yellow Anacondas in the group like to push each other around, when a female in another cage is putting out pheromones. It has never gone further than that. That is part of the balance. They are all males.
` Again, I do not recommend this practice. Putting snakes together so you have room for more snakes is a very bad idea.
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` Pushing match, with throats puffed up like rat snakes.

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