Never again shall I house two snakes together

[jxk]

Yep - co-habitating snakes is harder work than keeping them alone. For that reason, I suggest that no one attempt it unless you really know your animals.

Interesting discussion, but I think I missed the part where you describe the benefits of housing two ball pythons together.

I'm not disagreeing... just curious.

[Skiploder]

Interesting discussion, but I think I missed the part where you describe the benefits of housing two ball pythons together.

I'm not disagreeing... just curious.

I missed the part where anyone claimed, or better yet asked, if there was a benefit.

I don't see one - for ball pythons. For other snakes, there can be benefits.

[jason_ladouceur]

a friend of mine had a pair of Texas rats housed together years ago and during feeding they both grabbed either end of a mouse and the one swallowed the other half way down before she noticed. luckily she was able to pull them apart and they both survived. another time a different friend of mine had a pair of adult gabbons housed together, he separated them to feed them but when he returned the male to the cage the female struck and drove both of her 1 1/2" fangs into the males head. needless to say he died almost instantly. so for me even for the purposes of a large display exhibit, I think that housing more than one specimen per enclosure is just asking for trouble

[Skiploder]

a friend of mine had a pair of Texas rats housed together years ago and during feeding they both grabbed either end of a mouse and the one swallowed the other half way down before she noticed. luckily she was able to pull them apart and they both survived. another time a different friend of mine had a pair of adult gabbons housed together, he separated them to feed them but when he returned the male to the cage the female struck and drove both of her 1 1/2" fangs into the males head. needless to say he died almost instantly. so for me even for the purposes of a large display exhibit, I think that housing more than one specimen per enclosure is just asking for trouble

1. Keeping two snakes together = not asking for trouble.

2. Feeding two snakes together = asking for trouble.

I thought gaboons were immune to their own venom..............

[jason_ladouceur]

1. Keeping two snakes together = not asking for trouble.

2. Feeding two snakes together = asking for trouble.

I thought gaboons were immune to their own venom..............

if they are not immune they are certainly have a very high tolerence to it. they do not however have any sort of immunity to have to huge fangs driven through there brains

[Skiploder]

if they are not immune they are certainly have a very high tolerence to it. they do not however have any sort of immunity to have to huge fangs driven through there brains

That must have been an amazingly accurate shot. That little pea sized brain is encased in quite a bit of skull..........

http://beaconhillbiological.com/graphics/viper.jpg

http://www.kostich.com/gaboon_viper_skull.jpg

[jason_ladouceur]

That must have been an amazingly accurate shot. That little pea sized brain is encased in quite a bit of skull..........

http://beaconhillbiological.com/graphics/viper.jpg

http://www.kostich.com/gaboon_viper_skull.jpg

ya a picture is truly worth a thousand words. thanks by the way those skeletal shots are really awesome. I wasn't in the room when it happened but it would seem that one of her fangs must have penetrated through his eye socket or nostril cavity.