Quote Originally Posted by Lady Python
BPs are sociable.
Not according to every leading expert in the field of herpetology. Massing together in groups the way turtles, snakes, frogs, etc do is a far cry from what is commonly known as social behavior.

Quote Originally Posted by Lady Python
My two live happily together Bobby is older than Byron and initially they kept their distance from each other. Now where you find one, you find the other.
That is a classic example of one animal dominating the other. Just like many other reptiles, ball pythons express their dominance over other individuals to ensure placement for the best food, water, basking, etc sources. Some of the most flagrant examples of this type of dominance can be seen in bearded dragons with their head bobbing and "piliing on" behaviors ... in ball pythons it's much more subtle, but the same principle applies.

FWIW, the book is crap ... lots of old information about keeping bp's that has it's origins in the 70's and 80's when people didn't know a thing about ball pythons and basically kept them the same way as boas. We know much better today.

-adam