How many BPs can I keep in one tank?

[BrandiR]

The title is the question....

[The Serpent Merchant]

1

Keeping more than 1 is possible but not recommended. Here is why:

1) Cannibalism, not common, but there are DOCUMENTED cases. This alone isn't worth the risk.
2) Stress. Even the most friendly snakes get stressed out, so why cause the stress? Snakes have no want or need to be with another snake unless it's for breeding purposes. Other than that, it's just an unwanted roommate that they can't get away from.
3) Space. They will constantly try to dominate eachother for the best spots in the enclosure, even if you have multiple hides, you'll mainly see them together in one spot. People usually see this as "cuddling". It's not cuddling, they are fighting over the best spot.
4) You wake up in the morning after feeding and there's a regurgitated mouse. Which one did it?
5) One gets sick, now both are sick. That's 2X the vet bills, 2X the medications, and 2X the stress.
6) You are told the new snake you bought is the same sex as the one you already have. a year later, you find eggs in the enclosure. You have not prepared, no incubator, no space for babies, and no one to sell them to. What do you do now? The pet store/vet/person sexed them wrong.
7) Quarantine. How are you going to quarantine the new snake away from your original one? As you gain more experience, you'll find that quarantine is a NECESSITY. You could get a perfectly healthy snake, or one covered in mite eggs that hatch 3 days after you bring it home. Now both snakes have mites. Snakes also can take a long time to start showing symptoms of illness, now you got your original snake sick because you didn't quarantine.

Those are just the more known and common issues with housing multiple reptiles. The list goes on. The only pro to housing them together is to save space in your house by only having one enclosure, but is it worth it? That is up to you. People that say "I house two together and they are fine", they are fine now but with them being housed together there is NO guarantee it will stay that way forever. The only way to avoid future issues is to house them separately.

[Daybreaker]

One per tank would be my recommendation too. You could use a divider if the tank is big enough but only if both snakes are already established and healthy (ie no new snakes as QT is highly recommended).

[interloc]

What Aaron said.



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[BrandiR]

I was totally kidding. I'm new so I was reading old threads and this came up over and over. I was going to keep going. "What if they're the same size though?" Followed by, "I want to get a super dragon het stripe paintball popcorn blaze and I can't afford more tanks."

But....since you were so incredibly thorough, I can't in conscience allow this waste of your time to continue. Sorry I really just expected a, "One."

That's why I posted it in off-topic, so people wouldn't be AS mad when I came clean

[h00blah]

I was totally kidding. I'm new so I was reading old threads and this came up over and over. I was going to keep going. "What if they're the same size though?" Followed by, "I want to get a super dragon het stripe paintball popcorn blaze and I can't afford more tanks."

But....since you were so incredibly thorough, I can't in conscience allow this waste of your time to continue. Sorry I really just expected a, "One."

That's why I posted it in off-topic, so people wouldn't be AS mad when I came clean

Good old Aaron . If you have any real questions, he'll most likely be the first to answer, or will offer the most accurate information in 1 post .

[The Serpent Merchant]

To be honest I have that saved on my computer, and I just pasted it in lol... it was originally written by fellow member LGray23 so the credit goes to her!

[JaGv]

even though they say you can't keep more than 1 snake in a tank, you can keep up to 2 in the same tank. well fed they will not EAT each other, they will sleep in the same hide if they fit, one won't be dominant over the other and none will be stressed out by having another snake. one will get the other sick and you will have a problem though.

you can keep a pair of bps in 1 tank but it's not recomended to do.

[wwmjkd]

I was totally kidding. I'm new so I was reading old threads and this came up over and over. I was going to keep going. "What if they're the same size though?" Followed by, "I want to get a super dragon het stripe paintball popcorn blaze and I can't afford more tanks."

But....since you were so incredibly thorough, I can't in conscience allow this waste of your time to continue. Sorry I really just expected a, "One."

That's why I posted it in off-topic, so people wouldn't be AS mad when I came clean

hilarious

[MasonC2K]

Wow! An honest troll?! The fabric of the universe is tearing!