Feeding In Separate Tub

[donnadudette2003]

I fail to see how providing me a video about LIZARDS cohabiting (and a single snake) has anything to do with snakes cohabiting. Please stay on topic. There is such a thing as cannibalism between snakes if they are kept in the same enclosure. Nothing magical about that.

I know cannibalism is a thing.
I'm not saying you should throw any animal in with any animal and just hope it works. I know of many cohab situations when a breeding pair will live together 24/7.
I also have seen clutches that are born and grow up together.
As with any situation of introducing any animal to another animal it is a risky business and avoiding it all together can be easier.

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[MissterDog]

I know cannibalism is a thing.
I'm not saying you should throw any animal in with any animal and just hope it works. I know of many cohab situations when a breeding pair will live together 24/7.
I also have seen clutches that are born and grow up together.
As with any situation of introducing any animal to another animal it is a risky business and avoiding it all together can be easier.

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That's not the same song you were singing earlier with your "just don't feed them in their tank." comment. You even flavored it with "it's that simple" when in reality and you are even admitting, it's NOT that simple. Cohabiting in snakes especially, and especially ball pythons, carry lethal risks. Just because you've seen some done successfully doesn't mean it's a general safe practice. For all we know everyone else has been really lucky in their dice rolls, and it's a matter of "when" rather than "if". It's a dangerous game.

Please consider not presenting it so dismissively in the future as new keepers may take your word for it. Or if you're going to present a counter argument, try offering a more relevant video to support your facts better.

[donnadudette2003]

That's not the same song you were singing earlier with your "just don't feed them in their tank." comment. You even flavored it with "it's that simple" when in reality and you are even admitting, it's NOT that simple. Cohabiting in snakes especially, and especially ball pythons, carry lethal risks. Just because you've seen some done successfully doesn't mean it's a general safe practice. For all we know everyone else has been really lucky in their dice rolls, and it's a matter of "when" rather than "if". It's a dangerous game.

Please consider not presenting it so dismissively in the future as new keepers may take your word for it. Or if you're going to present a counter argument, try offering a more relevant video to support your facts better.

I meant to avoid them striking one another while aiming for a mouse it was simple to just not feed them in the same tank.

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[MissterDog]

I meant to avoid them striking one another while aiming for a mouse it was simple to just not feed them in the same tank.

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I'll give you the benefit of the doubt but I still sense some back pedaling. Makes me wonder why you showed me your magical pixie video if you weren't trying to prove cohabiting was acceptable? Your stance is very unclear.

[bcr229]

I know cannibalism is a thing.
I'm not saying you should throw any animal in with any animal and just hope it works. I know of many cohab situations when a breeding pair will live together 24/7.
I also have seen clutches that are born and grow up together.

Breeding pairs are separated for feeding and kept separate for a while afterward to give them time to settle and digest. For instance, with ball pythons over the course of a week I'll pair on day 1, separate on day 4, feed on day 5, then re-introduce the male to another female on day 1 of the next week. Adult boas go a month between feedings and digest more slowly, plus they have a longer courtship, so they may be paired for three weeks, separated to feed, give them a week to digest, then reintroduce the male to the female.

Clutches are only kept together in the incubator until all the babies shed, then they are separated into tubs in a hatchling rack and fed a week after that.

Also I dare anyone to come over and move my female 15 foot retic to and from a feeding tub.