Quote Originally Posted by piranhaking
No. Go to Lowes or Walmart and get a tub and use that for one of them. It would only cost a few bucks. Snakes should never be housed together for any reason other than breeding. For the second part of that question...probably that way from not being handled enough. Ive been working with some of the larger ones at school that havent been handled enough for a while and are kinda mean like that. What i do is rub their side with a broom till they calm down enough to let me rub them with my hand and then rub them till they're ok with bein picked up. If i start to pick them up and they hiss or start to coil up to strike i just rub em some more. One of ours took about 10 mins of rubbing this morning to calm down. Anyway, best of luck.
I will second majority of the advice given here.The only thing i differ on is the rubbing with a broom part.Of course its obvious this snake has never been handled.When i had boas that were nippy or worse i bought a pair of welders gloves(they can bite them till the cows come home,i feel nothing!). I realize this snake is going to be a gift,i think you should have someone with you to help out just incase she nails you and you start to bleed heavily.Even though she is only 4ft she is capable of doing some damage with her teeth.I hope you realize taming her is going to be a lenghty process IF its even possible at this point.Some snakes are just plain mean and they never change.I am not trying to hurt your feeling just pointing out a few things.Did you handle her at all before you handed him the cash? If not then please follow this golden rule that i practice.I will NEVER hand over a single penny to anyone in person unless i am able to check out and handle said snake of my interest.I even do this when buying corn snakes .If you stick to this rule you will save yourself alot of money and headaches by not buying a wolverine in a snakes body .Last its not a good idea to keep two snakes together unless they are breeding like its allready mentioned here.Somewhere on this site is a thread with a pic of a boa swallowing a ball python.They were both good sized snakes also.