Two BP's, two different worlds.

[Pythonfriend]

a big enclosure is not the problem, a small snake can be happy in a big enclosure if you offer different hides of the right size.


but keeping two BPs together is a bad idea. when one reptile or snake doesnt like the other one, it goes like this, snake 1 says: "Im going to harass you until you go away." Next day: "probarbly wasnt enough, the other guy is still here, got to stress her more". Day 3: "ok this is getting annoying. i stressed out my competitor for 2 full days now, he wont leave. i guess i need to ramp it up". Day 4: "i still dont understand why the other guy isnt leaving, seems like the stress is starting to work, somehow he wont leave. ill be merciful today, ill just deny him all the areas of the tank that are at a nice temp and tolerate him in areas that are too cold or too hot for me". Day 5: "what was i thinking, i want the other guy gone.... harassment all he way today". Day 6: "today i believed he was finally gone. then i went for a drink and find out he is hiding in the water bowl. freakin stalker, whats WRONG, why wont he leave? ill have to try harder to make his life miserable".

Thats why the EASY way is to keep them alone. keeping reptiles in groups and getting it to work requires much more work, much more space, more money, more experience, and you always have to be able to isolate individuals or split up the group if things go bad. Stress caused by other reptiles can affect the health of a reptile really badly. Im no expert in keeping groups, but the one thing i know about keeping reptiles in groups is that its no way to save money or work, its no shortcut, its the opposite. Its harder and more challenging.

about the feeding, try feeding live, or try assist feeding. Assist feeding is when you just open the mouth of a snake and just place a food item in the mouth. Not deep in. so that the snake can decide to swallow it or drop it. Force feeding is really stressful and risky. i think the feeding problems are related to the stress problems. snakes that are totally stressed out wont eat, because to properly digest they need to expect to be left alone for a while.