Three snakes in one enclosure any thoughts?

[distaff]

Proper husbandry costs money.
I suspect that saving money is the usual motive for housing multiple snakes together.

You can find multiple snake set-ups maintained by experienced keepers, but I never see it with BP's, at least not in the case of keepers I follow on YouTube.

[Streller]

But that is no excuse for going cheap on a single enclosure to throw three snakes in there.

The main point is that the enclosure that the OP has shown isn't even fit for one snake.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Can it be done? Yes however usually when people have to ask that means they do not have the experience to do so.

Communal housing is cheaper but not easier and if you do not have the experience it can be a nightmare.

[Streller]

And additionally, if one snake gets an RI, they're all gonna get RI's more than likely.

Then you probably have no place to quarantine/separate them all. Then what?

Same thing with mites, and other issues.

[SmoothScales]

A little article that is worth the read, considering the question. http://squamishserpents.ca/care-info...-one-enclosure

Aside from that, I would like to point out that many MANY people have posted in favor of co-habbing...right up until something goes wrong and one of their snakes rapes, injures, or infects the other. When it comes right down to it, co-habbing works fine right up until it doesn't. Once it doesn't, you've already passed the point of keeping your snakes safe - the damage is done. Why risk it when providing a safe solution is so simple?

If money is an issue, setting up three separate tubs would be cheaper than setting up a tank. For around 20$, you could set up what would essentially be a single shelf rack to house your 3 snakes separately, with heat tape.

[Streller]

If money was a problem initially, or you weren't on a stable financial income, why get a snake, or any pet in the first place?

[ShaggyRS6]

I'm going out there on a limb here, I really don't have the experience to be able to comment on this with any gusto, however, with that said, there is some common sense to be used here, that and the fact that your main interest should be the Animal, an animal that you have given a commitment to look after properly, what, in my opinion, nobody should be doing, is to be looking after any animal to the best of your financial situation. If that's the case, don't do it.

Save, save until you can give that animal a life in captivity that it deserves, if that means waiting 6 months, so be it. if that means never doing it. So be it.

Its a living breathing animal and should be treated as such in the first instance. It should not be treated in the first instance as a commodity, or a money making machine, or anything else along those lines.

I don't mean to offend anyone and I do not mean to speak out of line. If I have then I sincerely apologize. What I don't apologize for is sharing my personal views.

[cj2007]

I have looked over eveyones comments and I don't see any stress for any of my ball pythons they all go in the single hide together and they all love to come out and play daily so I believe that what I am doing is fine I find that being in a tub without being picked up and No social interaction daily are the aggresive ones not to say that it can cause some stress but with me they love to play they all eat like champs and nothing to say they are stressed at all thanks everyone for the feedback

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[Streller]

So be it, you are the keeper of your snakes.

However, are you going to add more hides, and improve their living quarters as a whole?

[cj2007]

I was thinking of putting plants and things for them to hide and crawl on and I do have a big water dish for them

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