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    Advice on Housing 2 ball pythons in same enclosure

    I have read the many threads explaining why 2 ball pythons should not be housed together. My question is whether the size of tank makes any impact on this. I currently have one 4’ female ball housed in a 175 gallon tank. I have another 2’ female ball housed in a 20 gallon tank. My hope was to bring the younger female into the 175 gallon tank, taking into consideration they would be fed separately and outside of the 175 gallon. Is there enough space in this enclosure for 2 female balls to cohabitate?

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    If you have to ask than that tells me you should not because you do not have the necessary experience to do so, additionally there are absolutely NO benefit for the animals
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    I would advise against doing that. Even a 175 gal. tank is not the same as the great outdoors, the size difference between the snakes is very likely to stress and cause
    the smaller one to do poorly, but could also negatively affect even the large one, you never know, since they'll be competing for optimal spaces, even though not obvious
    to you. That stress can lead to illness, but if one has, let's say, funky stools...how will you know which one does? Snakes (just like all living things) can harbor pathogens
    which don't make THEM sick, as their immune system is coping with them, but when you put snakes together, they might then be sharing very different things to which
    they each might succumb. To me, the risks aren't worth it...are they to you?
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    Cohabiting ball pythons causes stress, because, as mentioned above, it forces them to compete for resources and they can't properly get away from each other as they would in the wild. If there is one hide or water dish location they both prefer, the stronger one will monopolize it and they may even fight over it. Here is a video showing why you should not cohab ball pythons and what can happen if you do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx_Osbu-hvM

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    Re: Advice on Housing 2 ball pythons in same enclosure

    Quote Originally Posted by Luvyna View Post
    Cohabiting ball pythons causes stress, because, as mentioned above, it forces them to compete for resources and they can't properly get away from each other as they would in the wild. If there is one hide or water dish location they both prefer, the stronger one will monopolize it and they may even fight over it. Here is a video showing why you should not cohab ball pythons and what can happen if you do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx_Osbu-hvM
    And wow, a hanging light IN the enclosure too! Please, no one copy their methods.
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    How long is the tank? Old style 72 inchs? Make a PVC divider an give each snake its own side. Is it the best, no. But it's 100 times beter then putting then together.

    Good luck!

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