Mites

Yea the active thing, is simply the pinstripe seems to be more dominant, and him laying ontop again is a "dominant" thing. ITs a very easy mistake for people to miss, when they are new, like i said if you CANT get a separate tank right away, even add 2 of everything for them to get away from eachother, and not fight over one resource (pin cant soak to naturally kill the mites so he'll be stressed) OR even split it with a piece of acrylic or plexiglass in the middle of tank (they are small enough they can each have a shoe boxed sized enclosure)

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Originally Posted by Colored Kracker

Thank you , I never knew that keeping them together was a bad idea .. ever since I bought my stripe & introduced her to the tank my reg BP has been alot more active .. I assumed that was a good thing

☆Colored Kracker☆

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More active doesn't necessarily mean anything good, especially in ball pythons. Cohabbing isn't really a good idea for most species and anytime you add a new addition they should be quarantined away from your other animals for several months, to prevent spreading mites and disease.