Quote Originally Posted by wRobio View Post
It is great to hear that your balls are okay. I don't house multiple balls together past their first shed unless I am trying to illicit breeding responses or feeding responses.

The idea that however that it is out of "lazyness" or "convenience" to house multiple snakes together is silly in my opinion. I know tons and tons of breeders who keep all their boys paired up year round until breeding season without incident. I also keep my burms, carpets, cornsnakes and rainbow boas in pairs and I have to be way more on top of things in terms of feeding, cleaning and such. It is not easier, or more convenient.
I don't house any of mine together, so this is a genuine question. I've seen mature male ball pythons battle when placed together. Do you know if breeders who keep their boys together (specifically ball pythons) have issues with their males battling as they mature? Or does having a "room-mate" that they are familiar with decrease the incidence of this?