Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 1,699

0 members and 1,699 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,937
Threads: 249,129
Posts: 2,572,290
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, GeorgiaD182
Results 1 to 5 of 5
  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    07-14-2013
    Posts
    3
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Housing multiple BPs together

    New here but not new to the hobby. I had a malfunction with one of my herpstat 1s and need to transfer over at least one BP to another BPs tub. Both BPs are babies both born in june and both around 140 grams.

    Would it be ok for me to house them together from today till Sunday (4days) until I can get a new herpstat? What are the chances that they will get stressed out being this young? I mean I really don't have a choice. Wouldn't you think they would be ok since they are so young and just got separated from there clutch mates not to long ago?

  2. #2
    BPnet Senior Member
    Join Date
    09-20-2012
    Location
    Mid. TN
    Posts
    1,634
    Thanks
    404
    Thanked 1,155 Times in 615 Posts
    they'll be fine for a few days.

  3. #3
    Registered User
    Join Date
    02-09-2013
    Posts
    2,385
    Thanks
    200
    Thanked 581 Times in 459 Posts
    babies from june....


    if any BPs can tolerate being kept together in an enclosure not specially designed for communal keeping, its hatchlings.

    put in a bunch of hides so that they can hang out in different hides and dont have a reason to fight over the best resting place. 4 days is a bit on the longer end, but it should be fine.

  4. #4
    Avian Life Neal's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-23-2008
    Location
    Louisiana
    Posts
    7,088
    Thanks
    603
    Thanked 2,145 Times in 1,559 Posts
    Blog Entries
    8
    Images: 1
    Yea it'll be fine, a few days wouldn't cause an issue, or not that I've experienced because I've had to do it before.
    -Birds-

    0.1 - Poicephalus senegalus - Stella (Senegal Parrot)
    0.1- Poicephalus rufiventris - Alexa (Red-bellied Parrot)



  5. #5
    BPnet Lifer Annarose15's Avatar
    Join Date
    06-25-2010
    Location
    Gainesville, GA
    Posts
    3,632
    Thanks
    1,537
    Thanked 1,708 Times in 1,206 Posts
    What are your ambient temps? It won't hurt the one BP to go without a hot spot for a few days, as long as ambient is near 80deg and you don't feed it in the interim. I'd leave mine without a hot spot before I'd potentially stress both animals with cohabitation.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1