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I currently have a full grown approx. 3 year old male Arizona Rosy Boa. He is very docile, relaxed, and easy going and is in perfect health.

I am thinking of acquiring a female Magdalena Plains Rosy who is a year old. Both she and my male rosy would have more than enough room in his current enclosure to be comfortably housed together with plenty of space for their own privacy.

My concerns are this:

Can two Rosys be housed together witout causing harm to one another?

What is the likely hood of the two breeding without purposefully trying? (Ie: they have healthy temps for average pet snakes, not breeding regulated temps etc.)

Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you!

I know people do it, but I am against housing them together.
Rosies have definitely been known to constrict & eat each other. They have a powerful feeding instinct & just the smell of mouse on the other can set one off.
Also, unintended breeding can occur too...you don't need to brumate rosies to get them to breed.
IMO...just too many problems can pop up...
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Thanks,
-JC
www.rosyboas.to

I do keep rosys together (pairs or trios) but of the same size for most of the year. It DOES make it hard during feeding time and I have had close calls. I seperate them during feeding into seperate tubs and leave them in for AT LEAST 45 minutes before putting them back together. Even after that length of time I have had them bite and wrap each other up, then I had to put them under running water for about 10 minutes until they seperated.
Next I would HIGHLY suggest NOT accidently/on purpose MIX two seperate localities. I KNOW there are people that create morphs but for the most part Rosy People KEEP their Rosys LOCALITY PURE. If they cannot find each other in the wild they won't go into the tanks together.