Views on keeping more than one bp in an enclosure

[Egapal]

True. I think there are 2, count them, one and two, not three, not four, not more than 2, but 2. That I know of.

And let's talk about this crap about breeding too soon.

How many 4 egg clutches do we see pics of all the time?

We ALL know that a decent sized female, not even a huge one, can lay 7 or 8.

So, if so many are breeding when their girls can only produce half of what they will, wait for it, here it comes, WHEN THEY'RE FULLY MATURE, what is the big deal about keeping them with others? If a girl's gonna go, she's gonna go.

If she's not ready, she won't. I do not know of a single instance of a ball python dying from being accidentally bred while too young. How could she? If she's old enough to produce viable eggs, she's old enough to breed. If she's big enough to produce viable eggs, she's big enough to breed.

You people and your arbitrary use of facts to support your points of view make me laugh.

Show me some hard facts. Show me some studies that involve more than two animals. Show me anything that backs this up.

If they're healthy, if you're observant, if you're dedicated, you will have no problems keeping more than one snake in the same enclosure.

It is not recommended for the newbs, but it can be and certainly is done successfully all the time.

http://www.rcreptiles.com/articles/e...-reptiles.html

I know of multiple cases of 12 year old girls that get pregnant (humans), I know of cats and dogs that are bred to soon and have complications. I have first hand experience dealing with horses that were bred too soon. Your argument does not make any since. Just because it happens in the wild and can happen doesn't mean it should. Animals die all the time in the wild from disease and yes complications from pregnancy. If you want to roll the dice like the animals do in the wild then fine. I would rather go with the much better odds that we get when we use that thing on top of our shoulders. What good is having this large brain that insidentely causes problems with human birth all the time if we are not going to use it.

And once again. Sure BP's can be kept together. The OP asked for the forums thoughts. Well guess what, not everyone agrees. Spread of disease, egg binding, and cannibalism are all possible. The OP has already risked the first. Is currently risking the second due to one of the females at least being under breeding weight and yes cannibalism is rare but we would be remiss not to mention it.

As for proof of the above. Its not on us to prove anything. If you disagree then fine. If you care about our opinion (the OP did ask after all) then look it up. Judge for yourself the risks. In the end we each are responsible for our own animals and no one else's.