Quote Originally Posted by chasingtime View Post
it was an experiment with 2 of my established healthy snakes. you guys just sucked the fun out of this. i think this was unnecessary "Are they hanging out and watching movies?" are there any sites where you can just share ideas without being a scientist or an expert and without feeling ridiculed?
Housing snakes together has a lot of possible dangerous repercussions, so people are naturally going to ridicule you for doing so. Even if they are healthy now, the chances that one had a internal parasite that you didn't know about and they both now have it is a possibility. Ball pythons dominate each other by laying on each other, which often causes stress to one of them. This stress can easily lead to a respiratory infection which will spread to both animals and lead to two veterinary bills.
Also, because one of the snakes is larger than the other, cannibalism is possible.

Many large scale breeders who have thousands of animals have found it best to keep them all separated except for breeding purposes because of the possible issues. There have not been any recorded benefits of social behavior between ball pythons, and because stress related issues are a result, it's best to conclude that they do not enjoy each others company.

If you want to do a consistent experiment, you would need the animals to be the same age, size, sex, and both vet checked for any infections. Recording data such as which snake lays on top of the other, which hide is favored by either snake, and the rate of change (who moves and who stays?). You would also need a general divider with a small opening for them to get through, and each side contained a warm and cool side with two hides per ball python, all identical proper non-log hides.