Ok i got 2 chimes. Chime one. The need to feed in seperate containers is a ploy designed by petstores to sell more products. This is why its one of the things they tell you in the store. Total bs. There is no validity to it. Chime 2. As in captive settings it is not good to house 2 ball pythons together. Its not because they are loner anti social animals. Its because in an enclosure they are competing for everything. Alot of misconseption is that ball pythons are loner animals. In the wild they are found in large groups dug into termite mounds. This could be because prime real estate is hard to find or could be out of necessity or could actually be because they like it. In a captive setting when housing 2 or more together you have issues of health, competition, stress and other issues. Its always better to stack the odds in your favor keeping any animal in a captive setting.