Keeping BPs Together???

[angllady2]

I have to tell you, housing them together is not a very good idea. It can be done, but it really takes a lot of experience to do it correctly. You run a lot of real risks housing two or more snakes together, and the benefits are really negligible.

Among other things, illness is a real risk. If one gets sick, then they all will be. This means triple the vet bills, triple the medication, and triple the headache. And another consideration is cannibalism. There have been a number of documented cases of one ball python eating it's cage mate, which usually results in both dying. There is also a great risk involved in feeding several snakes housed together. Not only is it a lot more difficult to get them all eating, if one has an aggressive feeding response, there is a real chance another might get bitten or even constricted by mistake.

Yes, there are people who house ball pythons and other snakes together successfully, but for most of us, it's simply not something we attempt. Too many risks involved with no real payoff for doing it. We as a group really recommend one snake to an enclosure. You can be sure each animal is eating well, is not stressed out, and if an illness crops up, you only need to treat one.

I wish you all the best, but I really hope you will reconsider how you house your snakes.


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