Perhaps someone can help me understand a little here. I'm not trying to be contrary, but I've been reading a lot on the web because I was quite surprised by the answers. Seems to me when we go see snakes at the zoo, they are often kept 2-ish to a tank. Same would be true of juvenile snakes I see from breeders on youtube. And then there are pet stores (hardly the best-and-brightest, but I've seen lots of pythons kept in the same tank over the years, and in a couple of instances, boas and pythons kept together).

The word on the web seems to be that you can keep ball pythons together, but with the caveat that a) you'll wind up with eggs and b) diseases become a problem with a distant c) of one may eat the other.

A couple of places say that the attitude has changed over the years, which may be why I was misinformed; I've kept ball pythons since 96 or so, and they've always been together (fed separately of course). These two are just the newest. But back then we didn't have forums where I could ask questions. This is my first boa.

Anyways, it would be helpful if somebody could explain a little if there have been changing attitudes on the concept, or if I am missing something when I see a few large burms at the zoo, and so on.

Thanks everyone for your replies.