Safe to have boa and ball python out at the same time?
Good evening,
We currently have a ball python, and are thinking of adopting a boa constrictor as well.
If we adopt this boa, do we risk our 4.5 foot 1500 gram ball python being eaten if we have them out of their vivariums at the same time?
Thanks for reading.
Re: Safe to have boa and ball python out at the same time?
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TequilaMonster
Good evening,
We currently have a ball python, and are thinking of adopting a boa constrictor as well.
If we adopt this boa, do we risk our 4.5 foot 1500 gram ball python being eaten if we have them out of their vivariums at the same time?
Thanks for reading.
My boa couldn't eat my 800 gram ball python if it had to...
Could they bite & damage each other Yes
Could they bite you or the other person that has the other snake out Yes.
I've been bitten by a baby ball python and a corn snake, Do I want to be bitten by my Boa or bigger ball python? NO WAY!!
Is it worth the risk? NO.
Just one out at a time... I have 6 snakes never have more than one at a time out...
Re: Safe to have boa and ball python out at the same time?
[QUOTE=TequilaMonster;2722479]Good evening,
We currently have a ball python, and are thinking of adopting a boa constrictor as well.
If we adopt this boa, do we risk our 4.5 foot 1500 gram ball python being eaten if we have them out of their vivariums at the same time? [QUOTE]
Not a likely problem, but I wouldn't handle them close together, just to be safe. Same goes for any other pets too...they don't mix with snakes & most snakes don't mix w/ each other very well. Don't take chances.
And that's before the issue of quarantine: Any & ALL new snakes should be kept in quarantine from other snakes/herps. until you know they didn't come with mites or communicable diseases. There are fatal illnesses
that some snakes (like boas) can harbor without symptoms for longer than ball pythons, which tend to catch & die quickly, so if you value your pets, quarantine them from each other, at least 3 mos. or more, in different
rooms of the house, using disinfectants on all equipment & cages, & change your clothes between working with either snake, etc. And don't re-offer food between them either.