Quote Originally Posted by nathanledet
any suggestions/tips?
Yes, don't house them together. Plain and simple. Just because you're going to breed them in the future is no reason to house them together; ball pythons don't need to bond or get to know each other in order to breed. In fact, housing them together year round will most likely mean they won't breed for you.

As Tigergenesis said, housing two ball pythons together is no way to save money. Not to mention, it's a terrible idea from a husbandry point of view. If one regurges, how are you going to know which one did it? Or if there's unhealthy poop, which one pooped it? Or if one's not pooping, how are you going to tell which one is constipated? Not to mention, they may become stressed and not eat for you. Ball pythons are finicky enough about eating without having additional stress added to them.

I can totally sympathize with trying to find ways to cut costs, but housing ball pythons together is not the way to do it. I for one am not at all strict about how ball pythons are kept. For the most part, different things work for different people. I deviate from many of the recommended norms, because I have heard different ideas from different experienced breeders and I have formed some of my own ideas and theories based on them. However, there is no good reason for housing ball pythons together except for saving a very minor amount of money, and that is definitely not worth it in the long run.