can you put a ball phyton in the same cage as a boa

Yes need for another. And I have heard of people doing that, but I DO NOT reccomend it. The only reason Ball Pythons should be housed together is wwhen they breed.

I just dont see why you would want two snakes in the same cage ?? Maybe for money reasons......Like bpkid quoted that guy............

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"If you cannot afford a second enclosure or do not have the additional space for a second enclosure, then you cannot afford another snake."

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I totally agree with that.

And also, in the wild Bp's or really any other snake, dont incounter there species very often at all in the wild, they are solitary animals.......exept for when breeding of course.

holy smokes i went to that link! the bp looked bigger than the boa in my eyes

Yeah it kinda did look bigger (girth)

I wonder what made the boa want to eat it.

Maybe they explained in the writing part, but all i looked at was the pictures.

THey explained it in the writing.

Sometimes I wonder about you guys and your posts . . .

Sad but true, lol

I was reading a post similar to this on ssnakess.com a few months ago.

A poster from there keeps 2 anacondas ( yellow and green ) a bigg burm and a ball python together in the same encloser, and had no problems what so ever he claimed,

HOWEVER i am in NO way saying this is a good practise im only stating that there are people who do it, and there snakes live thier avg life span.

I would never do this, nor would i recommend some one to do it, i am just letting you know that people do , do it without a noticable problem ( not taking into consideration the extreme stress it must place on snake )

So do yourself and your snake a favor and avoide all chances and keep them seperate,

Its better to play it safe and have healthy snakes than to take the chance and have one or both snakes die


Chris

I think it's a stupid idea. For one thing, let's say that one of the snakes contracts internal parasites, or had them when you bought him. If both snakes were to be housed seperately, then there'd be no rational way of the second snake contracting them as well. But if they're housed together, then you know what is giong to happen.
How sad it is that people house snakes together like that. I bet they do not even practice a decent quarantine period beforehand. And I don't even want to think about what the results would be if one of them had IBD.
Anyone who houses boas and pythons together, ever hear about IBD? If not, I strongly suggest you look it up, and see what potential horrors your snakes could be prone to. Good luck.

Hmm how to put it delicately - you can put a fork through your eye as well - even if and especially when you have seen it done - far from a smart move though.

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Originally Posted by Smulkin

Hmm how to put it delicately - you can put a fork through your eye as well - even if and especially when you have seen it done - far from a smart move though.

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Another example of how Smulkin has a fine way with words. :)