i wanna get another a ball is it alrite for now untill i get a rack
03-17-2004, 01:03 AM
Marla
2 snakes in a cage??
Not the best plan. I'd suggest a simple Rubbermaid or Sterilite setup. It doesn't have to be expensive. Mine all live in something like that.
03-17-2004, 01:03 AM
JLC
I wouldn't. Especially if you're talking about bringing in a new ball. You'll want to quarantine the new one for several weeks, at the very least...three months is more optimal. So no sharing a cage during quarantine. And if you can keep them separate for that long...why not just keep 'em that way anyhow?
03-17-2004, 01:07 AM
Mike
well said judy...
and marla too.
you dont need a rack to keep more. just get the rubbermaids now... setup the ball pythons and build your rack later.
03-17-2004, 01:07 AM
2 snakes, 2 seperate cages.
03-17-2004, 06:12 AM
RPlank
Kings like the water?
This one seems to come up often, so I'm going to sticky this thread.
03-17-2004, 10:18 AM
Smulkin
I am glad you did - seems to be an unspoken assumption people know this - but to be honest in having looked at a ton of caresheets very very few if any of them make this point.
03-17-2004, 10:42 AM
freakoverdose1
maybe he doesnt' know why we are telling him to quarantine. No one really explained that.
Pink, dunno if you know, and im sure you do, but i am going to hit on it anyway. New balls wherever you get them can be full of mites, disease or parasites and on top of that a new ball is stressed out enough in a new environment to be put in with another ball. Quarantining the new ones obivously keeps what could be out of your current critters. get what i am saying? just thought i would throw it out there. Rubbermaid is your best bet, Very easy and inexpensive.
03-17-2004, 10:53 AM
Ken
Simple rule of thumb; 2 peas in a pod? Yes. 2 snakes in a cage? No.
03-17-2004, 11:59 AM
Smulkin
'Zactly freak. Would be nice to see that as a header on all care sheets in bold at the top of the page.