Male and Female bp's residing in the same enclosure
Can anyone give me their opinion on keeping these two together?
my local store advised me that it is ok to have them together and only seperate them during feeding time.
Re: Male and Female bp's residing in the same enclosure
a quick search on this forum will answer your question.
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... or you can take note that ball pythons have been known to eat each other when housed together.
Probably not a good idea.
-adam
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Your local store doesn't care if they stress or lose animals because they only pay 10-20 bucks for 'em.
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I double checked today with the local snake pro. He said to leave the balls together , he explained he has 60 snakes all different species and he's never had a problem with keeping some of them together, as long as properly feed and size is taken into consideration it is ok
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I don't have my snakes yet but after looking at Adams site, i think ill listen to him. it would be great to save money on the caging but it could save allot more if a save the snakes. everyone else here seems to know allot more then i do so i would listen to the pros.
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if this person said its ok and common practice to keep them together than I have news for you...he is not a "pro". Either this person has complete disreguard for the animal or is to lazy to actually learn about the species and keep them properly.
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Originally Posted by emilio
Can anyone give me their opinion on keeping these two together?
my local store advised me that it is ok to have them together and only seperate them during feeding time.
i used to do that same thing. what you'll notice is that one will constantly be curling around the other, and i learned on this site that that was one assurting dominence over the other. i also noticed that my female seemed more stressed and hardly ever came out. don't ever, ever, ever, ever, ever do it!!
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Originally Posted by emilio
Can anyone give me their opinion on keeping these two together?
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
Probably not a good idea
(I don't really have time to quote all the rest of the replies that you've received on this thread)
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Originally Posted by emilio
I double checked today with the local snake pro. He said to leave the balls together , he explained he has 60 snakes all different species and he's never had a problem with keeping some of them together, as long as properly feed and size is taken into consideration it is ok
It's clear that either you didn't want our opinions on keeping these two together, or you think that the "pet store guy" is more of a pro than any of the professional breeders on this site are. The only question I have to ask of you, emilio, is if you really believe that.... Why are you asking our opinions?
Re: Male and Female bp's residing in the same enclosure
thank you for posting Im gong to separate them as soon as possible
