how long can baby pythons be in the same container?

any idea?

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Originally Posted by ramz7887

any idea?

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Do you mean right after they hatch?

What I did for my corns, and what I intend to do with my ball pythons is keep them all in one tub until they shed their first time. Then I separate them all and give a go at feeding.

If you're referring to any other time, I don't recommend having them in the same container at all.

:gj:

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Originally Posted by ramz7887

any idea?

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i kept them in the same tub from hatch date till 1st shed, some people give them their own tub from the time they hatch out, i will most likely do the same this year.

Baby balls will occasionally eat each other, and they start eating a few days after their first shed, so any time after that is simply not worth the risk.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Baby balls will occasionally eat each other, and they start eating a few days after their first shed, so any time after that is simply not worth the risk.

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^^^learn somethin new everyday

Once they're out of there eggs, I clean them up after a day or two. At that point I weigh them. After weighing them, I put them in their own tubs.

Jim Smith

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Baby balls will occasionally eat each other, and they start eating a few days after their first shed, so any time after that is simply not worth the risk.

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I have never heard of that.

What many caresheets won't tell you (not the author's fault...coz there IS something new to learn almost everyday!!!) is that some snakes have cannibalistic tendencies...and we're not talking about kings and king cobras here!

http://www.herpcenter.com/snakes-gen...-together.html

A few posts down, you could see a ball python who ate his cage mate (another ball), a boa constrictor who ate his ball python cagemate and a corn snake (???) who ate another corn snake.

The risk, although it CAN be small, is just too....unpleasant to deal with.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Baby balls will occasionally eat each other, and they start eating a few days after their first shed, so any time after that is simply not worth the risk.

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Really..how many times have you had this happen??

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Really..how many times have you had this happen??

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I've never had that happen. :confused:

I'm not saying it can't happen, but I've never seen or heard of this before.

Jim Smith

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Originally Posted by retic720

What many caresheets won't tell you (not the author's fault...coz there IS something new to learn almost everyday!!!) is that some snakes have cannibalistic tendencies...and we're not talking about kings and king cobras here!

http://www.herpcenter.com/snakes-gen...-together.html

A few posts down, you could see a ball python who ate his cage mate (another ball), a boa constrictor who ate his ball python cagemate and a corn snake (???) who ate another corn snake.

The risk, although it CAN be small, is just too....unpleasant to deal with.

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That photo is the ONLY one I've ever seen of a ball eating a ball. But I've never seen any other photos, nor heard of any first hand experience from any of our members (now numbering over 15K registered members on this site alone).

I keep my hatchlings together until their first feed, and then I separate them. I've had no issues doing so.

Most breeders BG knows will put a whole clutch in a container until their first shed. Then they will separate them.

If you're talking about how long they can live in a particular cage. Well that all depends on how big it is to begin with and how fast they grow. Just use some common sense.

They are only in the same tub for a day or less here...

They get cleaned weighed, and labeled.
Then off to their very own tub...

I personally separate them after they hatch. I see no reason to keep them all in the same enclosure for a week if I'm going to separate them all after that anyway. I also like to get them sexed and give them ID numbers as early as possible. Just my preference.

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

Most breeders BG knows will put a whole clutch in a container until their first shed. Then they will separate them.

If you're talking about how long they can live in a particular cage. Well that all depends on how big it is to begin with and how fast they grow. Just use some common sense.

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BG meant how long one snake can live in a particular cage with his second comment in case anyone is confused.

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Originally Posted by retic720

What many caresheets won't tell you (not the author's fault...coz there IS something new to learn almost everyday!!!) is that some snakes have cannibalistic tendencies...and we're not talking about kings and king cobras here!

http://www.herpcenter.com/snakes-gen...-together.html

A few posts down, you could see a ball python who ate his cage mate (another ball), a boa constrictor who ate his ball python cagemate and a corn snake (???) who ate another corn snake.

The risk, although it CAN be small, is just too....unpleasant to deal with.

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The risk.......

The risk is........

The risk is infinitesimal..........

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

BG meant how long one snake can live in a particular cage with his second comment in case anyone is confused.

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The question is:

How long can one snake live in a cage with an 8' long/80 pound water monitor?

I guess it now all boils down to OP's decision...at least we did present to him the two sides of the coin.

@OP: listen to Rabernet....I read her posts on BP keeping way back in repticzone....she's one of the reasons why my sickly ball python juvie is now a very healthy but lazy couch potato :D

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

The question is:

How long can one snake live in a cage with an 8' long/80 pound water monitor?

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It all depends on whether this monitor is fictional or not.:D

I was thinking about how long the babies could stay together after birth. I'm in the process of building my first rack system and was wondering how many spaces should i need. I figured if I have a breeding pair they should have about 4-6 babies on average so i was thinking of a 8 rack system.