integrating ballpythons

l3@11pyth0l\l · 08-30-06, 10:34 PM

I have had 2 ball pythons living together for the last six years in a 75 gallon tank. I just bought another ball python today and its only about 15 inches long. I know that it needs to be separated from the adults due to the size difference. When it grows big enough to be put in with the other two, what are the chances that they will accept the new snake and not attack it or kill it?

redtails · 08-31-06, 01:03 AM

You shouldn't put em together. They can attack like you said, but it gets far worse. Main reason for seperating is diseases, if one gets it in a commune they all do. New animals have to be far away because of this. Also NEVER feed snakes together! I had 2 boas that I separated to eat, then put back together after an hour or so of settling(no space for another cage @the time) and ended up having only one in the morning. Rat stays on your breath for a while I guess. Also, males can fight during breeding season, and there's accidental breeding, or no interest in breeding at all even if you try hard. I'd seperate them into large rubbermaids/sterilites except the baby who goes in a shoebox sized one. Go to Walmart and grab em for less than $10 for the trio and slap some newspaper down with a bowl in each and maybe a hide for the baby. Oh, and balls, like most snakes, are loners and prefer it that way.

l3@11pyth0l\l · 08-31-06, 11:44 AM

i guess i failed to mention that i have the baby python in a 20 long tank. anyways i am not planning on integrating them for at least for a year at the soonest. i was tired when i posted so i was not very specific. if i do end up putting all three together, after having them all together outside their habitats to be around each other and get familiar with the new snake, would you suggest putting all three in a new environment or the 75 gallon tank i already have?

bpkid · 09-02-06, 08:36 PM

Get them out into their own tubs or tanks now!

Snakes are not solitary, therefore ONE SNAKE PER ENCLOSURE!!!!!!!

There are way more consequences then rewards for housing any snake together.

Reticsrule · 09-03-06, 10:10 AM

as the others have said, there are dozens of reasons why snakes should NEVER (except for breeding, which you are not doing at this time) be kept in the same enclosure together. you need to separate all 3 of these balls as soon as possible. snakes ARE (not "are not" as was stated in the previous post) solitary animals and prefer to live alone. when there are 2 or more snakes living in the same enclosure they can stress each other out which will then cause problems. redtails pretty much covered most of the other issues with this. so please, do your snakes a favor and give each of them their own enclosure ASAP.

peterm15 · 09-20-06, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by bpkid

Get them out into their own tubs or tanks now!

Snakes are not solitary, therefore ONE SNAKE PER ENCLOSURE!!!!!!!

There are way more consequences then rewards for housing any snake together.

wow a little hasty isnt it, and snakes ARE solitary. i do agree however but theres nicer ways to say it..

it is a much better idea to have your snakes in seprate enclosures. its makes everything easier and cheaper in the long run.

espically with ball pythons the stress is a drastic thing. the 2 you have now may be fine a comfortable together but intergrating a third is not a good idea whatsoever,

jfmoore · 10-15-06, 08:38 PM

Hi -

What are the sexes of the three snakes?

Why are you so intent on having all three of them live together?

-Joan

snake 101 · 10-27-06, 10:12 PM

ya definetly seperate them and put them in different cages.