Can i put 2 male bps in the same tank without problems?

[aksledneck907]

i am kinda still a lil ignorant on owning more then one bp but i just have one question can i mix 2 male bps in the same tank if it is big enough for 2 bps?

[python.princess]

no. you never want to put 2 snakes together. each needs it's own enclosure. if you do have a big tank, you could put a divider... some people on here have done that.

[aksledneck907]

so i cant put 2 males in the same tank? when i bought the first one from the pet store they had 3 in there? if they are still small can i put them together? the one i have now is like 22 inches

[python.princess]

there are lots of reasons why they should never be housed together;

one will dominate the other and stress him/her out

unexpected/unwanted clutches

cannibalism (it does happen from time to time)

if one gets sick, they both get sick (double vet bills)

[tweets_4611]

It's just over all not a good idea to house more than one snake together. Pet stores don't ususally have the best husbandry for their animals, and so it's not usually a good idea to go by what they do. They are just trying to sell the animals, not raise them into healthy individuals.

When housed together it's inevitable that one snake is going to be dominate over the other. They with "fight" for the best hide spots, heat spots, and what ever else they can take from each other. I don't think they usually actually physically "fight", but one snake will lay on top of, or coil around the less dominate snake. The snake that doesn't end up on top of the packing order can have major issues with stress and not eating.

Also, if one snake gets sick, so will the other, and that's double the vet bill. If there is something funny with one animals stool or urates, you don't know who is having problems until the problems get worse.

In some very severe cases there has been can issues with cannibalism. I know it has been brought up in this kind of thread before. You might use the search feature (which is now much easier to use! ) and look up other threads conserning houseing multiple snakes together. Snakes aren't social creatures....they don't live together in the wild, and they shouldn't live together in your house ^_^

**I got beat to posting b/c I talk entierly too much....oh well!! **

[plummer]

i am kinda still a lil ignorant on owning more then one bp but i just have one question can i mix 2 male bps in the same tank if it is big enough for 2 bps?

i have no problem wit my male BP in the same tank they dont fight dont stress each other out. they mind there own buisness. also they are good eaters for bing in the same tank.

i say you can with out issues.

[juddb]

so i cant put 2 males in the same tank? when i bought the first one from the pet store they had 3 in there? if they are still small can i put them together? the one i have now is like 22 inches

The reason pet stores keep bunches of snakes together in the same tank is because they dont plan on having them thier long. Not because thats how your supposed to do it. You will really want to concider keeping the snakes seperate.for a poop load of reasons.

[juddb]

i have no problem wit my male BP in the same tank they dont fight dont stress each other out. they mind there own buisness. also they are good eaters for bing in the same tank.

i say you can with out issues.

No problems that you "know" of.

[frankykeno]

so i cant put 2 males in the same tank? when i bought the first one from the pet store they had 3 in there? if they are still small can i put them together? the one i have now is like 22 inches

Never design your own husbandry based on what most pet stores do. Well unless you want to have underweight, stressed, poorly shedding, covered in mites snakes that is.

There are a very few stores that are good but they tend to specialize in reptiles rather than be general "pet stores". You're blessed if you live somewhere near Zoo Creatures for instance.

[tigerlily]

i have no problem wit my male BP in the same tank they dont fight dont stress each other out. they mind there own buisness. also they are good eaters for bing in the same tank.

i say you can with out issues.

I'm sure a couple people have managed to house them together, but I've learned from being on this site (for almost 3 years) that a lot of newbies say this and then in a month or a year almost all have come back and recanted.

Snakes get no benefits from housing them together, and they thrive exceptionally well apart. Why would you even want to risk it? I look at the big breeders and successful small time breeders, who house their animals separately. If it was such a great thing we would see them reduce their cost for housing by housing multiple snakes together, but they don't.