New BP in qt- dehydrated?

[hobbyist]

I just received a 5' male bp from an owner that could no longer take care of it. I don't know anything about it's previous condition, but when I took it home and quarantined it, it spent 3 days soaking in and under water, drinking almost constantly. When I got him he was calm, but very dry, I don't know if he was just dehydrated- but we got him out and handled him a bit a few days after he had gotten used to his cage- and he pooped all over my girlfriend. Totally unexpected since he hasn't eaten in over a month; and we don't really know if it was urates or what? Sorry if this gets a bit graphic for some of you... just skip over this post. The feces or whatever it was was white/yellow balls and a stenchy liquid. My other bp's have had urates that look like this, but the new guy had almost snake diarrhea-
What do you think is wrong with him? He seems fine, explorative and cozy enough, and not soaking quite as much before. Was he just badly dehydrated and over-compensated?

Apart from this question (instead of posting another topic),
if I have to temporarily house two bp's together (I know... taboo, but only Temporarily), I have a 5' male, and a 2.5' male and female. Will the larger harm the smaller ones? Do I have to worry about the 6 month old female becoming gravid- I know she is no where near breeding size- will they still do their snake thing and put her in danger?

[tweets_4611]

I'm not sure on the urates/poo but you don't want to house that new guy with your other bps. It doesn't sound like he is very healthy, and you don't want him getting your other snakes sick. He could have parasites. And with the size difference there comes the risk of one injuring the other or even cannibalism. I wouldn't risk putting a male in with your female. If she were to become gravid, since she is too small she could become egg bound, which can be deadly. If you have them all housed separately, I would leave them like that...there are too many risks, especially with the new guy not being in great health.

[tigerlily]

It does sound like your bp was a bit dehydrated. It also sounds like urates and not poo. Poo looks more like poo... brownish. You may want to consider taking a fecal sample to a vet to make sure the snake does not have internal parasites (which could be the reason for any runny poo).

Also you really should keep that one QT for at least 3 months, especially since it seems that the housing may have been less than adequate. If you do need to house the two animals in one tank I would recommend putting a divider in the cage to keep them separate. It would be better than putting any combination of your snakes together, even for a short period of time.

[mainbutter]

If you were asking about housing two small young bps(lets say <250g) that were both healthy and out of QT for a week or two together until you had proper housing set up, I think it would be fine if you had no other choice.

However like tweets said, there are issues. Put two mature males together during breeding season, they could very well fight. Put the male with the too-young female, she might get eggbound. Put a large snake with a smaller snake, it causes both to be stressed with the size of the larger one putting the smaller snake at great risk. Put any possibly sick snake with another snake.. infections and parasites are contagious.

[hobbyist]

Cool.
Thanks a lot for all the replies.
I'll do my best to keep them separated, and watch this big guy's health.
I'll also do the divider thing if I do need to put them together- never thought of that.
Good suggestions.