Quick question ???????

[JUSTINxCREEZ]

Can ball pythons be housed together?
just curious
thanks

[purplemuffin]

The short answer is "no"

There are a lot of reasons why it's not suggested--even for the experienced. Stress, scent of rats on each other after feeding days, the (rare) chance of even them EATING each other, not to mention that if one regurgitates, you can't really tell which one did it. Disease would spread. And the stress from being trapped together helps lower their immune system.

Some people have managed it, but it's not ideal for the snakes, and it's not ideal for the keeper either--far easier and safer to house them separately!

[The Serpent Merchant]

The short answer is "no"

There are a lot of reasons why it's not suggested--even for the experienced. Stress, scent of rats on each other after feeding days, the (rare) chance of even them EATING each other, not to mention that if one regurgitates, you can't really tell which one did it. Disease would spread. And the stress from being trapped together helps lower their immune system.

Some people have managed it, but it's not ideal for the snakes, and it's not ideal for the keeper either--far easier and safer to house them separately!

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[SlitherinSisters]

This subject has been touched on a lot, if you want to read through pages of responses just search the question. I believe majority of the members on here would say no.

Short and sweet...bps are solitary animals and do not need or want "friends". Having multiple snakes in the same tank can stress them out and stress causing them not too eat. If you want to do it to save money, bps aren't for you, if you want to do it to save space, switch to tubs.

Oh, and my other thought on the matter. Just like the debate over tanks or tubs, breeders use tubs because they work for bps, typically much better than tanks. If bps didn't thrive in tubs, breeders wouldn't use them. If breeders could house multiple snakes in the same tub wouldn't they do so? It would save a tremendous amount of space if they could be housed together, but breeders keep one snake per tub...

[Tereghan]

Nope, it'll stress them out. Had one customer who complained his snakes hadn't eaten in months and when he actually listened and separated them both ate the next night.