Quote Originally Posted by m00kfu View Post
Sorry for going a little off topic here, but every time someone brings that picture up it bugs me. Being that reptiles are not a part of the ball python's diet, the chances of that happening are VERY minuscule. Most won't even look twice at a rat if it isn't warm enough. As far as I'm concerned using that picture as a reason to not house balls together is no better than using that picture of a burmese python with the alligator bursting out of it's side as a reason that burms are destroying the everglades because they eat alligators (side note: I'd love it if someone could show me a burmese python that could take down a full grown alligator without being killed in the process!). Or the picture of the ball python that got chewed up by a rat that was left in for a WAY too long period of time as a reason to not feed live. There are plenty of valid reasons to not house your pythons together, no need for the shock and awe angle using pictures and sensationalism.

I saw an add on craigslist the other day where someone is "rehoming" their 2 BP's. In his add he flat out said he wanted to see them go to a home where they will continue to be housed together in the huge glass tank he had them in because they liked it that way. He also stated he didnt want to see them go to a home where they would be kept in tubs because this isnt right.. IN whomes opinion??

This is someone I would love to show that picture to. Or a picture of the little rodent burrow a BP is being pulled out of in africa because this is its permanant home..The fact that it is possible however unlikely, is reason enough. People are niaeve and if their friend says this is how it is, well, thats how it is. That craigslist person seems to think it is cruel to keep a BP in something that very closely resembles its natural habitat..

If everyone on here gives a different reason to not house BPs together then the OP will see the bigger picture.

Sorry to offend you No wait. Im not.