Can I house two ball pythons together?

[wilomn]

I agree with everyone here. We see this question all the time, and I don't think anyone meant to be rude, but this is the internet and you do lose inflection quite easily.

It is frowned upon to house two snakes together, starting with the fact that you are supposed to quarantine a new addition before you handle it with the rest of your collection (be it one snake or many). If one is sick, you won't know who. If one has mites - the other will get them. It is a long, hard, twisting and dark road that is best not taken. 7$ tubs from walmart are more than sufficient for housing, I use them for all my adults and they suffice quite well, if you aren't looking for a larger rack.

You can't really agree with everyone if there are two opposing sides here.

If you buy a sick snake, if you purchase a snake with mites, if YOU DO NOT QUARANTINE, that is entirely different than housing to healthy snakes in the same enclosure.

You do realize that, right?

Protocols for introducing new additions are not the same for housing established residents. Seems some either don't know that distinction, refuse to acknowledge it, or are hoping no one figures out they're two different things entirely.