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as a follow-up to my post down the list a couple:

my 138g bp will be in quarantine for 6-8 weeks. i plan on feeding it a ton (within reason of course). my 900g female at this moment inhabits my 50 gal tank. i plan to keep both of them in that one tank, but i'm not sure what the max size difference should be between them.

i do have plenty of tanks to keep the newest snake in, but i have future plans that will be using up the tanks (the reason i'm looking to combine 2 bp's in one tank). so i'm not in any total rush to combine, just looking to play it safe.

is there a specific reason that you don't keep a big & small together? could one crush the other, or is it the dominance factor? has anyone had any bad experiences to learn from?

thanks again,
Matt

Housing two bp's together could stress both of them out. And with a species like ball pythons, who are known for being troublesome eaters, the stress could make the snake not eat.
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>>i do have plenty of tanks to keep the newest snake in, but i have future plans that will be using up the tanks (the reason i'm looking to combine 2 bp's in one tank). so i'm not in any total rush to combine, just looking to play it safe.
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>>is there a specific reason that you don't keep a big & small together? could one crush the other, or is it the dominance factor? has anyone had any bad experiences to learn from?

I wouldn't call it dominance as much as STRESS. Snakes are not chummy, hang out critters. Putting two together is gonna make them stressed. So, being stressed, you will possibly have eating troubles or one may not thrive well in with the other. If there is a funky poop or regurg you won't know whose it is. If you ever plan to breed them later it is sometimes difficult to do so if they have 'grown up' together. If it were me I would keep them separate always. The problems don't outweigh the benefits.
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Sonya

so you're telling me that no one houses multiple snakes together? what about all the pics i see of "Here's my axanthic and normal. Notice the contrast!!", etc etc.

-Matt

so you're telling me that no one houses multiple snakes together?
You were the one who asked if it was a good idea, and you received some accurate advice. I didnt see anyone say that NO ONE houses them together.

what about all the pics i see of "Here's my axanthic and normal. Notice the contrast!!", etc etc
The pics you see of multiple snakes, in no way means that they are housed together. I think it is unlikely that people with hi dollar morphs would be keeping more than one animal per tank.

They take the snakes out of their enclosures and sat them next to eachother for a pic. It doesnt mean they are housed together.
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