Enclosure sharing?

How long will it be okay to have two bp of the same sex share an enclosure? Both are not adults yet. The glass tank is 29gallons, longer than tall.

Long enough to clean each others housing and replace them individually into their own housing ;)

I have had people say as long as the tank is big enough, they can stay together. I prefer to keep mine in their own enclosures. That way you can keep an eye on them better, see who is popping and when. That way you only have to raise the humidity on one when they are in shed. I personally think it is better to keep them seperate. Also make sure you are feeding them seperately.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Long enough to clean each others housing and replace them individually into their own housing ;)

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+1 :gj:

You will find out that it is generally not accepted to house more than one ball python, or most snakes in general I believe, in the same enclosure. The cons severely outweigh the pros.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Long enough to clean each others housing and replace them individually into their own housing ;)

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+2 one snake will either be stressed and not eat or eaten byt the other:(

I do feed them separately. I haven't seen any problems.

The main issue is not necessarily feeding. The main issue is that it is unnecessary stress to the snakes. Just because you don't "see" a problem, doesn't mean it is not there. Ball pythons by nature are seclusive creatures. They don't make "friends", and from what I've read they don't stay in groups even in the wild. To force a snake to live with another one, to share hides and a hot spot is just unnecessary. Not to mention, if one gets sick they both do, that's double the vet bill and completely avoidable. Also, if one regurges you won't know which one it was. All this, and this is on top of the fact that cannibalism has been recorded and has happen, although rare, in cases where they are housed together.

Like I mentioned in my original post, the cons severely outweigh the pros, if you want to risk all that just to save money on a different enclosure that's your decision.

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Originally Posted by LGray23

The main issue is not necessarily feeding. The main issue is that it is unnecessary stress to the snakes. Just because you don't "see" a problem, doesn't mean it is not there. Ball pythons by nature are seclusive creatures. They don't make "friends", and from what I've read they don't stay in groups even in the wild. To force a snake to live with another one, to share hides and a hot spot is just unnecessary. Not to mention, if one gets sick they both do, that's double the vet bill and completely avoidable. Also, if one regurges you won't know which one it was. All this, and this is on top of the fact that cannibalism has been recorded and has happen, although rare, in cases where they are housed together.

Like I mentioned in my original post, the cons severely outweigh the pros, if you want to risk all that just to save money on a different enclosure that's your decision.

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This is spot on. Don't do it, they are solitary creatures. Why would you want to put them through that type of stress?

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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle

I have had people say as long as the tank is big enough, they can stay together.

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I have had a lot a bad information give to me. Be careful who you listen to. I'm glad you decided to house yours individually. :gj:

just not worth it - do them and yourself a favor and house them apart