how long can baby pythons be in the same container?

[ramz7887]

any idea?

[blackcrystal22]

any idea?

Do you mean right after they hatch?

What I did for my corns, and what I intend to do with my ball pythons is keep them all in one tub until they shed their first time. Then I separate them all and give a go at feeding.

If you're referring to any other time, I don't recommend having them in the same container at all.

[771subliminal]

any idea?

i kept them in the same tub from hatch date till 1st shed, some people give them their own tub from the time they hatch out, i will most likely do the same this year.

[WingedWolfPsion]

Baby balls will occasionally eat each other, and they start eating a few days after their first shed, so any time after that is simply not worth the risk.

[sum182]

Baby balls will occasionally eat each other, and they start eating a few days after their first shed, so any time after that is simply not worth the risk.

^^^learn somethin new everyday

[j_h_smith]

Once they're out of there eggs, I clean them up after a day or two. At that point I weigh them. After weighing them, I put them in their own tubs.

Jim Smith

[Wh00h0069]

Baby balls will occasionally eat each other, and they start eating a few days after their first shed, so any time after that is simply not worth the risk.

I have never heard of that.

[retic720]

What many caresheets won't tell you (not the author's fault...coz there IS something new to learn almost everyday!!!) is that some snakes have cannibalistic tendencies...and we're not talking about kings and king cobras here!

http://www.herpcenter.com/snakes-gen...-together.html

A few posts down, you could see a ball python who ate his cage mate (another ball), a boa constrictor who ate his ball python cagemate and a corn snake (???) who ate another corn snake.

The risk, although it CAN be small, is just too....unpleasant to deal with.

[Freakie_frog]

Baby balls will occasionally eat each other, and they start eating a few days after their first shed, so any time after that is simply not worth the risk.

Really..how many times have you had this happen??

[rabernet]

Really..how many times have you had this happen??

I've never had that happen.