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2 snakes in a cage??

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  • 03-17-2004, 12:55 AM
    pinkham64
    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.
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