caging 2 bp's together

[jaybox_reptiles]

Hi all i just bought an adult ball python and i already have a baby ball python they are bolth males but one is way bigger then the other........ now for my ? is it ok if i how the 3 footer with the 1 footer i just would like to no but as of now they are seperated thank you

Jay
Box

[marisa]

Keep them apart.

It's NEVER the best option to house together. And the larger will stress out the smaller and you will have a big problem on your hands.

Marisa

[jaybox_reptiles]

ok kool thx

[Infectrix]

Here's an example that happened to me the other day jaybox..

I put two of my bp's together for not more than 10 minutes just so I could clean one's enclosure.. Ok, so I check on them right and there's doodoo.. But which one's is it..? Because of that, my records were screwed.. But just for that day though 'cause I'm not doing that again..

[Orryll]

I have kept my two yearling ball pythons together for about a year and a half. and they are doing great, they curl up into a ball together and when one leaves it's hide bowl to go exploring the other one follows and when one goes back in the other follows. Course I do not keep records of when they poop or eat.

[operation_sssss]

My first snakes were a pair of bp's and i housed them together this was fine untill they got to about 3 foot a piece then i decided to seperate them, however they seemed to sulk and went off there food (one of them did not eat for 4 months), so i put them back together in a 4.5x1x2. I still house them together now but take the larger out for feeding in a seperate box, i have had mine for five years now but i would not reccomend housing together

[Orryll]

aye. I take mine out to eat one at a time. I feed one first then the other. I don't feed em in the encloser cause they will think it is feeding time everytime u put your hand in the encloser.

[Jeff_Favelle]

*sigh*. Don't house snakes together. Rule #1 of snake-keeping. Always has been, always will be.

[sapphire_moon]

If you house them together then it automaticly meanst 2 vet visits when one is sick. And twice as much money....I agree with Jeff......Don't house them together.

[Orryll]

I never thought of that. When I get enough money I will seperate them. and if I find the room

[Linds]

#1 Don't house snakes together:
-snakes do are for the most poart solitary animals, they do not enjoy eachothers
-they may become stressed out which can lead to behavioural problems such as agression and refusal to feed
-they may fight
-if one gets sick, the other will if it is contagious
-you cannot monitor each animal... if you find a runny poop or regurgitated item in the tank, how will you know who it came from?
-you have to seperate them to feed

#2 If you do choose to house them together despite the risks:
-always house animals of the same size
-never house multiple males together, they must be m/f or f/f
-if you are housing m/f, unless they are both extremely young, females must be of breeding condition, males can and will breed much earlier than females and early breeding may result in injury or death to females that are not ready

[Orryll]

I d feed them separtly and the are around the same size and are male female.

As soon s i can I will separate them.

[annoying_alien]

Keep them apart. Thats all I can say.

[operation_sssss]

tried keeping mine apart it just dont work they go off the feed, dont ask me why ??????

[marisa]

Maybe because they love each other? LOL. Just kidding.

They go off food because they have been placed in a new enviroment. Its that simple. Unless you had them seperated for 3 months or so, then you didn't give them enough time to adjust. Balls can go off food for months. Sometimes just because they are not comfortable or because of the season and temps.

How long were they apart?

Marisa