kenyan sand boas ?

[herculies]

i heard people are commonly keeping multiple in a single enclosure are there any bad things to this? ie 1 eating the other

isn't any snake species suppose to be kept single in different cages except for breeding

people are saying not to keep water in there 24/7 as it keeps the humidity high. Would having a screen top be okay to keep water 24/7?

also (if they can be housed together) how many males or females could i keep in a 40 gallon tank (36x18x18)?

right now i'm torn between a ball python and these lol highly considering both and just get a 10 gallon for a male later on after the ball python gets settled

[jclaiborne]

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...oused-together

[satomi325]

KSB can be kept in groups. There are species that shouldn't cohabit, can cohabit, and have to cohabit. Regarding BP, its best to keep them housed individually, which is why many people say not to cohabit. However, species like rosy and Kenyan sand boas can be kept together.

I would imagine one male to several females. They're not very large snakes so you can probably fit a decent number in a 40 gallon. More than one male may fight for the females, so its probably best just to have a single male.

The issue with keeping more than a few snakes together is that feeding them might be a problem. Its best to feed in the enclosure. But with so many snakes, it sounds difficult to do.


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[herculies]

alright thanks and i wasn't talking about putting 2 bp together just asking about kenyan's being together. also i didn't see that post lol just used the search function here to look for a care sheet didn't see 1 so i used google and found a couple

[jclaiborne]

Some people tell you no others say its ok. I have talked to a few breeders and all said the same thing. They are fine to keep together however you need to feed seperately and if one regurgitates it may be hard to identify the one that did it. Other than that it shouldn't be a problem...AGAIN I AM JUST RELAYING WHAT BREEDERS HAVE TOLD ME.

[rascal_rascal_99]

In a 40gal tank like you're talking, I would suggest a 1.2 trio being kept together should be fine. Separating for feeding shouldn't really be an issue, moving them into a feeding box won't usually put them off of feeding when you stick a rodent in front of their face like can happen with bp's.

I also do not agree with not keeping water bowls in with them, they aren't the super dry climate animals that I think some people may believe, and they can be prone to bad sheds if kept very dry. I never keep them without water and on occasion will give them a moss filled damp hide to help shed, I know other experienced reputable breeders that do the same with either moss or damp paper towels. You're really not going to raise the humidity of a screen topped cage with a water bowl anyways.

[artgecko]

If it's your first snake, and you're not sure how big you want to go, a KSB might be a good choice. I've LOVED my female so far. She's still tiny at present (29 grams) but could get up to 3 feet. I went with a KSB because of the size, the easier to manage humidity levels, and because they're usually good feeders (which was important to me with my first snake). I will also be getting a BP in the future, but my second KSB is coming in the mail soon and I plan on setting up a rack for them.

Although you can house them together, keep in mind that with m/f combos, they will breed and the females can have ~30 young at one time. Also, if you get a young KSB you may want to start with a smaller tank (i.e. 10gl).

[rascal_rascal_99]

30 in a litter is on the extreme end and not common, not saying it doesn't happen, but it's unusual and somewhere closer to the 10-12 range per litter is where it's usually at. Even 20+ doesn't happen much at all...but they aren't hard to get to breed and if kept together, there is a good chance that somewhere around 3+ years old, you may start getting babies once every year or two.