What should i do....

I have had my Python for about a year. I want to get another snake, but i am not sure what kind, to house them together, etc.
My snake, Ed (Just a regular ball python male) is a sweetie, never bit anybody, really good personality for a snake, doesn't recoil, etc. I want to get another snake, but am not sure exatly what kind, or if i should house them together. I really want to house them together, it would be a huge inconvienience not to, but i am also not sure what kind of snake i should get. Another Ball Python? I want to get a bigger snake, so i want a female this time, but i dont want them to breed, but i want to house them together...decisions, decisions...
Anybody have any suggestions/ they would really help!

Thank you all!


-Amy-

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Originally Posted by Amy1217

I have had my Python for about a year. I want to get another snake, but i am not sure what kind, to house them together, etc.
My snake, Ed (Just a regular ball python male) is a sweetie, never bit anybody, really good personality for a snake, doesn't recoil, etc. I want to get another snake, but am not sure exatly what kind, or if i should house them together. I really want to house them together, it would be a huge inconvienience not to, but i am also not sure what kind of snake i should get. Another Ball Python? I want to get a bigger snake, so i want a female this time, but i dont want them to breed, but i want to house them together...decisions, decisions...
Anybody have any suggestions/ they would really help!

Thank you all!


-Amy-

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If it is an inconveneince to not house them together, do not get another one.

Do not house them together...period!

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Originally Posted by Amy1217

I have had my Python for about a year. I want to get another snake, but i am not sure what kind, to house them together, etc.
My snake, Ed (Just a regular ball python male) is a sweetie, never bit anybody, really good personality for a snake, doesn't recoil, etc. I want to get another snake, but am not sure exatly what kind, or if i should house them together. I really want to house them together, it would be a huge inconvienience not to, but i am also not sure what kind of snake i should get. Another Ball Python? I want to get a bigger snake, so i want a female this time, but i dont want them to breed, but i want to house them together...decisions, decisions...
Anybody have any suggestions/ they would really help!

Thank you all!


-Amy-

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And you actually want to house a male and female together but not have them breed? Maybe you should read up more....use the search up there on the top of your screen and gather some information on this subject......

I agree, if you can't keep them properly housed, there's no reason to get them!
You shouldn't house any other snake with your BP.

Yes, i know about the male, female thing, but i do know people that have housed snakes together and has success with it.

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Originally Posted by Amy1217

Yes, i know about the male, female thing, but i do know people that have housed snakes together and has success with it.

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that doesnt make it safe or wise. Please do not house them together.

Okay, now that i know i cant house them together, have any of you all sceen a tank that is divided in half? I wont get the snake if i cant afford two tanks, but i was wondering if there was one tank i could get that was divided.
Thank you all for helping!

Amy

You can house your snakes together if you don't care about the stress levels they would endure because of it. Or if they passed an illness or parasites between the two of them. Or if you had an unplanned mating (even if you THINK you have the same sexes living together, you may very well have a male/female...it's happened many times.) you may lose the female if she's too young or small to safely bear eggs. And of course the small, but real, risk of one of them eating the other.


If you don't care about any of those risks, you may have some apparent success at housing them together. But if you really care about your animals and want them to thrive in your care...you'll keep them separate.

Snakes in general, and ball pythons in particular, are "loners." They live alone in the wild and only come together briefly to mate and then move on again. They don't seek out the company of other snakes, nor do they want any company.

And that is just the argument of housing two of the same species together. It's much much less wise to house two different species together if you are considering a snake other than a ball python.

Are you asking if the tank you currently have can be divided but still give enough room for each snake to thermoregulate properly or if you should get a bigger tank and divide it. It's easier to just purchase a second enclosure and set it up properly as dividing a huge tank is never an easy solution.

You can also consider buying an inexpensive rubbermaid or sterilite plastic tub as an enclosure. They actually hold heat and humidity much better than a glass tank does anyway.. and only cost a few dollars.

I house two of my bps together and so far I have had no problems. They both eat every week. The both shed normaly. They are not agressive and they do not seemed stressed in any way shape or form. If I start to see signs of stress I'll separate them, but so far all is perfect.

It seems like somehow housing snakes together ultimately becomes the theme of every thread. I'm amazed that people don't do research before buying a living animal. Their captive habitat should match closely to their natural habitat. If they thrive in packs in the wild then by all means house them together because they are social animals. However, snakes are not like that. In the wild they are solitary animaly, so why in the world would anybody think that it is a good idea to house them together in captivity? As far as 'obvious signs of stress', they can't talk. They can't tell you that they want to be alone. Just because they eat and shed regularly doesn't mean that they aren't stressed. I'm sorry, but it you aren't going to properly care for an animal then you shouldn't have one.