Keeping different breeds in the same enclosure

Okay, here's taboo for ya. I'm getting a BCI and I need a place to put him. In his own tank is my choice but I'm getting the snake three days before I get the cage. I'm getting a 55 gallon for $30 but I have to wait. If I seperate my ball and BCI with a divider can I put them in the same enclosure? They are both about the same size. (About a year old) I hate to do it, but necessity dictates....well, ya know. My concern is health issues, not whether they'll get along.:colbert:

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Originally Posted by amaurer2

Okay, here's taboo for ya. I'm getting a BCI and I need a place to put him. In his own tank is my choice but I'm getting the snake three days before I get the cage. I'm getting a 55 gallon for $30 but I have to wait. If I seperate my ball and BCI with a divider can I put them in the same enclosure? They are both about the same size. (About a year old) I hate to do it, but necessity dictates....well, ya know. My concern is health issues, not whether they'll get along.:colbert:

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No two snakes should ever be in the same enclosure unless for breeding in my book.

You should also follow a separate room quarantine for 3-6 months to avoid diseases traveling to your other snake.

If your not ready for the animal, you should wait for the animal.

A year old BCI is not the same size as a year old ball python..

^^^ x 2

Not to mention boas can carry IBD which is fatal if contracted by a ball python.

Two words...IBD, and quarantine. Well ok four words. I wouldn't keep a BCI in the same HOUSE as my collection.

Quarentine first.
If you need a seperate enclosure temporaily, get a plastic bin from Walmart, it'll cost you $5. With a little bit of time, you can have it coverted to a temp housing option.
Check the stickys here for how to set up a tub, and follow that. Then you have a enclosure for super cheap, to use until your tank comes.

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Originally Posted by Jenn

Two words...IBD, and quarantine. Well ok four words. I wouldn't keep a BCI in the same HOUSE as my collection.

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why not many here do. i have a BCI and a python.


chances of a boa that has been purchased from a good breeder having IBD is less then you getting hit by a bus on your way outside today.

all boas don't have IBD. thats the kind of paranoia thats unfounded. yes there is a possibility that its a carrier but the breeder would see adverse symptoms in at minimum one of there hundreds of snakes im sure.

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Originally Posted by Jenn

Two words...IBD, and quarantine. Well ok four words. I wouldn't keep a BCI in the same HOUSE as my collection.

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No offense, but that's as bit harsh to boa keepers. Yes, there is a possibility, but that doesn't mean they have to be shunned. Ball pythons can come in with that disease just as much as a BCI could.

i think she was refering to durring the qt process

Ball pythons tend to die within a month or so once they've contracted IBD. Boas can carry it, and infect other boas, without symptoms for a long time.
It's a little paranoid to say NO boas in the house at all. But I say the same thing, just because there is the possibility of it. And you don't know that the boa is coming from a large reputable breeder. If not, it could have picked up anything. That's why strict quantine is ALWAYS necasary.

No offense intended to the boa owners out there. I love them. Is that a bus I hear?