Enclosure Size

[Big_V]

At the moment I have one baby blood python but after finding out how amazing they are I was wondering what most people feel adequate for housing a pair of bloods. What size enclosure would you suggest for the two of them together...and if someone knows, how difficult it is to breed this species and are their any husbandry tips ? Your help is appreciated.

[Grant vg]

As far as housing, your going to want to house them in seperate enclosures if you want to keep healthy specimens willing to breed.

[Big_V]

Im going to seperate them in future but for spacial concerns at the moment once they are about 2 feet long im going to seperate them. This is just until they are a little bit bigger and I can build custom cages for them. But if they are too be in the same enclosure until they reach 2 feet long what size would be best ???

[Demelo Kidd]

A large rubbermaid Would due just fine as long as you can hold the temps and humidity. I think that would also allow you to house them seperately which I think should be your biggest concern. I know they are a beautyful snake and it would be great to have a display witha couple of them but you have to think about stress

[Grant vg]

would it be safe to say that your "special concerns" would be lack of money to afford seperate caging?
if so, then like Demelo kidd suggested..get youself two large rubbermaids, one large heating pad, and two waterbowls and two hides.

put 1/2 of the heating pad under each rubbermaid, throw some newspaper/papertowel in there, water bowls, hides. .. and you have perfect enclosures for two bloods housed seperately for less then $80.

these will last a good year and a 1/2 to 2 years if your acquiring hatchlings and theres no excuse for housing snakes together...IMO anyways..

Grant vg

[Big_V]

Its not a lack of money at all really...It was a space concern....but if its better too house them seperately rite from the get go ill do that. If i knew using the rubbermaids were as simple as that there would be no question what i would do. Thanks alot Grant.

[Invictus]

I have my little blood python in a rubbermaid container with moist sphagnum moss. She still fits it, and she's a yearling, so yeah, it's not all that complicated. :)

[emroul]

IMO, if you are tight on space right now with the one baby blood, how are you going to house two of them adaquately (especially once they reach full size)? Be happy with one until you get more space, and don't overcrowd. Like I said, just my opinion. :)

Jennifer