2 rescued balls update

[Chase]

I have decide to name these two bonnie and clyde.

After recieving these somwhat abused ball pythons. I seperated them and put them in a nice dark place with proper temp and humidity.
After seperating the two I noticed the female wandering in circles. NO joke.

So I put the to back together and the male came out and they layed together none stop. Now I have only had thses two for a few days. The male is still upset and will not come out from his ball if you even walk by the are he is in. Today I had to feed the other have of my babies and decided to try to feed the new female. She took it live with no problems.

that was about 15 minutes ago and she is now back with the male. He is now extreamly active. So now I wander if I should trying feeding him

[CntrlF8]

they may appear to be "loving" on each other, but laying together is one or both of them trying to establish dominance. Separate them, let them settle in for a week or two, then try feeding.

[dr del]

Hi,


The wandering in circles is likely to be checking out the surroundings after a change rather than pining(sp?) for company or anything like that.

With her feeding response I would definately seperate them before feeding him - it's never that good an idea to feed 2 snakes in the same enclosure.

It might be worth trying to think of a few ideas to help him settle in to his new environment like covering the front of the tank with a towel or something so he cannot see you moving about.


dr del

[Chase]

Ok I have never put two of my snakes together. Never crossed my mind to. Well unless I am breeding them. But I was told they have been together from day one. I remember reading about establishing dominance some time ago.

But it never crossed my mind. So after reading the helpfull posts here. This is what I have done. I have moved the male to the bottom of my rack and covered fully with a sheet. The female now has her own tank and I have covered her as well since she is in a new enviroment. But she is still very active and moving about. She is the loudest one of the bunch.

I'l give the male another week and try to feed him. But I am sure she is well off to a good start in her new home.

Thanks for the info guys. I raised snakes for some time but I have yet ran across this situation with uncared for snakes. I'm just glad they found me, where they will have a good home and some one to watch after them.