BP housing partner

[Snakeman]

i was interested in buying a baby(10-12") sumatran blood python from LLLreptile(thats IF my parents let me get another snake) and i was wondering if it would be able to be housed together along with my Ball python.my BP is 1.5 ft.i think i'll be getting a female blood python and my BP is most likely male so would they get along? they wouldn't try to mate/cross-breed in the future would they?

[daniel1983]

No. Save your money.....buy a new enclosure and house each individually.

Snakes should be house individually unless you are breeding them.

[JLC]

Just to clarify a bit on what Daniel said....even when breeding, snakes aren't really "housed together"...they are put in the same enclosure temporarily (like 24-48 hours) and then separated again...for the express purpose of breeding.


It's NOT ok to house two snakes together all the time in the hopes that they might one day breed, or if you don't care if they breed or not.

Search around these forums...there are TONS of threads explaining why you should not house snakes together, either same species or different.

[Shaun J]

i was interested in buying a baby(10-12") sumatran blood python from LLLreptile(thats IF my parents let me get another snake) and i was wondering if it would be able to be housed together along with my Ball python.my BP is 1.5 ft.i think i'll be getting a female blood python and my BP is most likely male so would they get along? they wouldn't try to mate/cross-breed in the future would they?

first of all, the answer is no. It is a VERY bad idea to house two snakes together, especially of different species.

Second of all, LLLreptile is known for bad animals shipped. Buying from them at a show is better because you actually see the animal. On their website they have no individual pics.

[JLC]

Second of all, LLLreptile is known for bad animals shipped. Buying from them at a show is better because you actually see the animal. On their website they have no individual pics.

They are? I've never heard anything bad about LLLReptile.

[Snakeman]

They are? I've never heard anything bad about LLLReptile.

yeah neither have i.no ones ever told me anything bad about them.i guess i'll have to buy a separate enclosure and see if i can wait 'till december for the next nearest herp show.

[Shaun J]

yeah neither have i.no ones ever told me anything bad about them.i guess i'll have to buy a separate enclosure and see if i can wait 'till december for the next nearest herp show.

Well its a risk with any breeder who doesn't give you pics of an animal they are selling to you.

[wildlifewarrior]

yeah neither have i.no ones ever told me anything bad about them.i guess i'll have to buy a separate enclosure and see if i can wait 'till december for the next nearest herp show.

Well then you got 2.5 months to get another enclosure, see everything works out!

~mike

[Snakeman]

Well then you got 2.5 months to get another enclosure, see everything works out!

~mike

technically right now i DO have enough money but just for the tank itself.hopefully i'll get plenty of money for my b-day party this weekend and i'll use that to buy anything else i'll need.

[Snakeman]

Well its a risk with any breeder who doesn't give you pics of an animal they are selling to you.

well he does have a pic of the blood but i guess 1 pic is supposed to represent all the bloods he has.