Quote Originally Posted by snake lab View Post
Chime 2. As in captive settings it is not good to house 2 ball pythons together. Its not because they are loner anti social animals. Its because in an enclosure they are competing for everything. A lot of misconception is that ball pythons are loner animals. In the wild they are found in large groups dug into termite mounds. This could be because prime real estate is hard to find or could be out of necessity or could actually be because they like it.
Also the ball pythons in the wild have the option to get away from each other if they want to and if they're sharing even a 60 gallon enclosure they can't get far enough away from each other to be happy and still be warm and comfortable.

An unhappy ball python is a stressed ball python and a stressed ball python is a sick ball python. Sick ball pythons get RIs, regurge, and sometimes turn cannibalistic. It's much easier on you and them both if they're separate. If you can't afford a second enclosure you shouldn't have a second snake.