Housing Ball Pythons Together

I have two BP's that are housed together. The original owner said they have been together since hatchlings and even seemed to pine for the other one when they tried to house them separately... Not sure about that but ok.

They have been together with me for about 6 weeks and I have had zero Issues. They are about the same size. One is 550 grams, the other is 480.

They share hides often, sometimes one is on top, sometimes the other is, sometimes they are intertwined.

I take one out to feed, and the other I feed in the enclosure.

They both feed and handle well.

Talk about a fast derail...

Quarantine, by definition, does not involve habitating in the same general space, let alone the same enclosure as another animal. Don't do it, especially when you found the other one in someone's driveway.

Plenty of other threads on cohabitation in general where you and the rest of this thread should go to discuss if desired.

with a 75gal, you could certainly put a divider in the tank and leave both snakes ample room to thrive. after QT, of course.

For my own clarity on this subject, would the OP benefit in any way by separating them for QT at this point? Since they've already been together for 6 weeks, wouldn't the reason for housing them separately be for husbandry reasons and not for QT reasons?

I just see the QT ship as having sailed and both BPs would be considered in QT and could be housed separately in the same room.

Thanks in advance for setting me straight if I'm mistaken!

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Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser

Did you happen to see anything that seem to suggest a dominance type of role, instead of say the snake just curling up on top of the other one because that's where the heat or hide was and just never acknowledging the snake being there at all?

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Yes the one on top liked to wear leather and carried a whip while the one on bottom, I discovered after many seesions on the couch, was suffering from an Oedipus complex. Other than that I didn't observe anything out of the ordinary. :D

I have housed my two normals for a long time now. If u do house bps together make sure it's in a big enuff cage and have enuff hides in there so if they want to be alone they can. I have my two in a four foot boa master with six hides, two water dishes, and climbing branches for play. Some bps will get along and some won't. It all comes down to their personality.