Baby ball python odd behavior

[PuddinTater]

I recently bought a baby ivory ball python, and at the same time I updated my enclosure, splitting a large 75 gallon tank between the baby, my adult male bumblebee, and my female pastel. The ivory's enclosure is between the other two and from the moment I put it in there it kept trying to escape its enclosure to get into the bumblebee's enclosure. I kept patching up the walls until there was no way it could get through (it somehow kept climbing the to the top where there was a gap.). I checked on the trio one more time before going to bed and the ivory managed to wedge its head between the glass and the wall that was separating it from the bumblebee, it was stuck and didn't look like it could breathe. Mind you, the wall was extremely flush to the glass, to the point where it had to be wiggled and pushed in place to fit, the ivory shouldn't have possibly been able to push through it. Against what I know to be correct, I put the ivory in the bumblebee's enclosure and the ivory immediately curled up in the middle of the my bee's coils and had been behaving normally since then. The bumblebee doesn't act apprehensive or aggressively about it either. However, when I separate them they both appear to get stressed and begin poking around their enclosures trying to find a hole in the wall between them. They really seem to prefer being together, but I know that can be dangerous. What do I do about this?

[bcr229]

Put the ivory baby in a secure tub setup.

The snakes are not cuddling, they are competing for the best spot available.

Also your new snake shouldn't be anywhere near your other two, not even in the same room, for at least 90 days quarantine in case it has a disease or parasites. Reptiles are remarkably good at hiding illnesses.

[PuddinTater]

Alrighty then, I figured so, I still don't understand why they'd fight the wall to get to each other though.

[Bogertophis]

Have you double-checked the temperatures? like where the one was fleeing from? maybe it's too hot?* or nowhere to hide?
*that's quite a challenge to get temps right when you split a tank 3 ways...?

And I agree with bcr229's post...so much for quarantine?

[rockonjp76]

Separating a tank into sections to make "3" individual tanks is not a great idea IMO.

[Craiga 01453]

First off, the new snake should be in quarantine in a completely seperate enclosure in a different room all together.

You're going to need to house the snakes properly, and they way you split the tank clearly isn't the answer.

At this point, you'd be best to restart all 3 snakes in seperate enclosures and quarantine all 3 separately for 90 days.

[CALM Pythons]

You need to get a proper setup. Dividing a tank Ive seen end horribly more times than i can count. Totes/Tubs and 40 gal breeders are dirt cheap. Check FB marketplace too.


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[JRLongton]

Take the advice you find here. You'll be amazed at how much happier a BP is in a $5 plastic tub from Walmart over some elaborate and labor intensive set up like what you're describing.

Climbing around, not settling in, not hiding, all sings of stress in a hatching BP.