Noob Boa Questions from a BP Guy

[Alexandra V]

I am in the same position as the op - I am experienced with bps and am considering getting a boa. I had never heard this. Can you explain further what you mean?

I do know that snakes are more or less solitary animals and I have no intention of letting any of my snakes really interact with each other, but is even further seperation necessary between these 2 species? i.e. Can they be housed in the same room (again, seperate enclosures of course)?

Thanks in advance!

As was stated before, after quarantine there's no problem keeping them in the same room, etc. Obviously not in the same cage, as you said, but I've kept my boa in the same room as my BP (the cages are right next to each other, actually) for about two or three months now and there have been no problems.

However, something I do meticulously is make sure I don't "cross-contaminate" anyways. So I don't use the same bowl to heat up their rats, and I don't use the same tongs to feed the both of them, and I do a lot of hand washing. It might be a bit of overkill, but that's how I do it just as an extra safety net.