Input on multiple snakes in one tank.

It shouldn't be done. Think about this: You're significant other or a brother or sister of yours sharing your room with you. You get tired of that person regardless, you fight sometimes and all. That goes the same with any animal. That's just my input.

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Originally Posted by Egapal

This thread is ridiculous. Multiple Ball Pythons should not be hosed together.

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I agree, no animal should be hosed together.

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Originally Posted by Ben Biscy

i've seen and heard of cases where a small or baby snake was hurt or killed by an adult accidently. the body weight can trap a baby in the water bowl and result in drowning, i've seen one broken spine incident, and have heard of other mishaps.

perhaps this is what they mean by appropriate sized cagemates?

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Hence why people who house snakes together should do it intelligently.

Keeping a neonate with an adult should be on the check list of things NOT to do.

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Originally Posted by Neal

It shouldn't be done. Think about this: You're significant other or a brother or sister of yours sharing your room with you. You get tired of that person regardless, you fight sometimes and all. That goes the same with any animal. That's just my input.

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Really, ANY ANIMAL??? That is a bold statement. :confused:

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Originally Posted by Neal

It shouldn't be done. Think about this: You're significant other or a brother or sister of yours sharing your room with you. You get tired of that person regardless, you fight sometimes and all. That goes the same with any animal. That's just my input.

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Apples to oranges.

So, let's take a new direction on this topic. The OP was asking about housing snakes together in general, but used his own enclosure as an example. His tank has males and females together. Also, they are all not the same size. One of them is becoming more aggressive. In this case, I would say that this situation could lead to further problems in the future. So, to the OP, I would consider finding a better housing option for all the snakes such as tubs or a rack.

I know I have no right in forcing the OP to do anything, but I can make a suggestion as to what I would do. I will add I am no expert by any means, this comes from what I have learned here.

I would choose one to stay in the tank. I would choose Cleo because I personally like lloking at the big females. :P And by that I mean I like looking at their enclosure, because a happy bp is a hiding bp.

Then I would go to Walmart/Target/Home Depot/Lowes and get three Sterilite tubs based on the BPs' sizes. A search around the bp husbandry forum will give you a good reference for size. Then I would pick up the necessary supplies for each tub: UTH, water bowl, substrate, hides, etc. Then I would set it all up on a tstat and voila.

Although I have never used tubs myself, I hear they are a ton easier to maintain temperatures and humidity compared to glass tanks. I've done a crapload in keeping my temps right in my 20 gallon. But if you're like me and enjoy watching a seemingly empty tank full of fake plants and jungle themed objects, you could keep a tank for one of the BPs.

This is all just a suggestion. The OP can do whatever he/she wants. Whatever you decide to do, I'm sure all of us would like to see pics and hear about it. :) We just love our pictures here.

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Originally Posted by Neal

It shouldn't be done. Think about this: You're significant other or a brother or sister of yours sharing your room with you. You get tired of that person regardless, you fight sometimes and all. That goes the same with any animal. That's just my input.

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But ball pythons don't have a social structure like we do. You can't project human emotions onto a snake. It's a snake. They don't cuddle, they don't get mad and hold grudges, they don't enjoy being held, etc. They just don't think the same way. There's no valid comparison here.

On the topic at hand, I keep all mine separate mainly because feeding would be a pain otherwise. That's a major drawback to keeping multiple animals together. A really shy snake that would happily eat in the comfort of its own tub may not eat if you have to take it out and put it somewhere else to feed it.

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Originally Posted by mrshawt

I know I have no right in forcing the OP to do anything, but I can make a suggestion as to what I would do. I will add I am no expert by any means, this comes from what I have learned here.

I would choose one to stay in the tank. I would choose Cleo because I personally like lloking at the big females. :P And by that I mean I like looking at their enclosure, because a happy bp is a hiding bp.

Then I would go to Walmart/Target/Home Depot/Lowes and get three Sterilite tubs based on the BPs' sizes. A search around the bp husbandry forum will give you a good reference for size. Then I would pick up the necessary supplies for each tub: UTH, water bowl, substrate, hides, etc. Then I would set it all up on a tstat and voila.

Although I have never used tubs myself, I hear they are a ton easier to maintain temperatures and humidity compared to glass tanks. I've done a crapload in keeping my temps right in my 20 gallon. But if you're like me and enjoy watching a seemingly empty tank full of fake plants and jungle themed objects, you could keep a tank for one of the BPs.

This is all just a suggestion. The OP can do whatever he/she wants. Whatever you decide to do, I'm sure all of us would like to see pics and hear about it. :) We just love our pictures here.

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Thanks, again, MrS

I'm trying to do the best I can for now so I brought the two 10 gallon tanks I had at my mom's. I'm going to put the smallest one (Zelda the female) in one of them so she doesn't get hurt.

And I guess I should put the oldest male in the other 10 gallon?

Cleo has been getting a big better. She lets us pick her up now.

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Originally Posted by aahmn

On the topic at hand, I keep all mine separate mainly because feeding would be a pain otherwise. That's a major drawback to keeping multiple animals together. A really shy snake that would happily eat in the comfort of its own tub may not eat if you have to take it out and put it somewhere else to feed it.

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This could happen to YOU!
Haha :)

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Originally Posted by midtx350z

Thanks, again, MrS

I'm trying to do the best I can for now so I brought the two 10 gallon tanks I had at my mom's. I'm going to put the smallest one in one of them so she doesn't get hurt.

And I guess I should put the oldest male in the other 10 gallon?

Cleo has been getting a big better. She lets us pick her up now.

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I'd say put the two smallest two in the two 10 gallons. Babies and juvies like the enclosed space, and a 10g would fit their size better. The largest two can each have a 20g. Unless Cleo gets to Godzilla size, you shouldn't need more than a 20. My 1400g female loves her new 20L and hated the old 40g.