Quote Originally Posted by Entropy
I know some smaller breeders who have successfully kept ball pythons together for years with no ill effects. It's not something I recommend but I don't think it's quite the catastrophe that people like to paint it as.
Uhhhhhh, did you see the thread where the author's snake got eaten by its roommate??????!???? Then the author was here seeking advice? sympathy? what-evvvv-er.....

Better safe, than sorry to have a sick, dead, eaten pet. Once something bad happens, you have to deal with the consequences. Better to NOT be in that situation in the first place.