Well, yes. First off, has the second snake been quarantined? For how long? Sometimes you can't notice a snake is sick until you've had them in your collection for quite a while. That's when you notice the snake is continuing to not eat or is acting strange...

You can spread some nasty diseases to your current snake by adding a 'friend'

Be prepared, I personally would not house two snakes together. Even ball pythons have been documented as cannibalizing each other, and as snake owners know it doesn't take much to confuse a snake into striking and coiling--If you hand smells like rat after brushing against it, imagine how much the fellow snake smells like rat after EATING it.. You don't want to have your snakes kill each other! Even if you do feed separately, there will be a risk.

Not to mention if a snake regurgitates you won't know which snake did it, same goes for weird poo and other problems in the tank. If one gets sick, they both will get sick. That's double the vet bills for ya!

You will also need to make sure both snakes can find hiding places at the different areas of the tank. You don't want them to be forced to be next to each other in a hide, stressing each other out just because they both need to be at that temperature! People may think it looks like cuddling, but it is really more about the snake needing that spot to help thermoregulate!

It can be done, but not without risks. It takes a lot of knowledge and preparation for this sort of thing. It's easiest and safest to have two enclosures...


Anyone who's had to share a room with a sibling or had a roommate in a dorm knows it can be stressful to have someone in the same room with you! Now imagine being trapped in that room, you can't even go out to be alone anywhere! I think that would drive anyone mad. It's important to give a lot of hides when housing multiple snakes.


Like I said, I wouldn't do it. There are so many cons with multiple snakes, and so many pros for keeping them separate, some people can do it, but it takes a bit of extra work, and no matter what you do you will be taking a risk.