Can ball pythons be housed together?

[nikkubus]

Breeding is very temporary sharing space, and then they can go back to their own enclosures. I don't even agree with breeders who house pairs together for long periods of time. When I pair BPs, they are together for 3-5 days at a time, though some species do take a bit longer and have more courting rituals. Zoos are not a good measure of how animals should be kept for ideal health, as one of their primary concerns is displaying animals. Reptiles do not have any social needs like mammals as they do not have the necessary brain parts for that, the same brain parts that would allow them to learn to cooperate and share without being stressed out. I suppose if you gave them an absolutely giant enclosure, with a huge selection of hot spots, water, hides, and had all females or the perfect ratio of males to females, it might not be as bad, but it's still not ideal, there is still competition of the best spots. I just really can't see any good reason to do it to justify the amount of risk. Dogs/cats/rabbits/etc NEED companionship (though sometimes a human companion is enough). Reptiles are perfectly happy never seeing another of their species their entire life, and being handled only when necessary.

There is no need to blast people for asking questions or failing to understand why it's such a big no-no in the hobby before having a deep discussion about it. Asking questions doesn't make one a bad pet parent, it makes them a good one. Trying something like that without asking the questions or doing the research is a different story, though I still don't think it makes them "bad", it's just a mistake. Bad is when you know its wrong, you know why it's wrong, you do it anyways, and refuse to correct it.