housing two males together for a short while???

so I attended a show today and temptation got the best of me.. i came home with a beautiful female black pastel mojave that i plan to breed to my pied male once she gets a little bigger.

That being said, I put her in a ten gallon tank for now with a heat mat under the tank, which i do not do for my other two ball pythons, only temporarily.
Would it be bad to stick my male pied and male lemon blast together just until i get the new heat pad which i would regulate with a thermostat? and i would stick her in one of the males setups for now.

Like i said this would only be very temporary.. and I do not want to leave the female in the ten gallon if i can avoid it.

Thoughts please???

Housing two ball pythons together is bad to start with but putting two males together is asking for a fight...

do you quarantine?

Is the heat pad on the 10 gallon tank regulated by a thermostat?

I would not house two males together, either. If you're having warmer weather in the northeast, it's a better idea to house them on separate Rubbermaid/Sterilite tubs of appropriate size. Although a hot spot is recommended for these guys, there are a few breeders here who only support ambient heat. I'd definitely also keep the newcomers quarantined (I personally do 90 days min). Also, I would not run any type of heating without a proper thermostat.


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What Ism said. If you can keep it between 84 and 89 you don't need the heat pad. It can drop a little lower temporarily but it cannot go higher. Do not put two males together.

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Is the heat pad on the 10 gallon tank regulated by a thermostat?

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it is not but i have a temp gun that i shoot at the given area to see temps

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, use a uth unregulated!! It will burn the snake. No heat is better than an unregulated uth! Sorry just can't stress that enough!!!

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Originally Posted by joshuapittsburgh

it is not but i have a temp gun that i shoot at the given area to see temps

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How does this keep from burning your snake?

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Originally Posted by joshuapittsburgh

it is not but i have a temp gun that i shoot at the given area to see temps

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Unplug the heat pad immiditely, measuring and controlling temp are 2 different things and I know you do not monitor temps every minutes 24/7

Food for the though provide proper husbandry (that means having proper husbandry supply) and have enclosures ready before bringing home new snakes.

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