Do Ball Pythons need friends??

Question

We have a 2 year old heathly Ball. She is a sweetheart. The kids play with her at least once a day, more if I let them. But she seems so lonely in her cage, Do Ball Pythons need other balls to play with, or do you recommend breeding her and letting her keep one?
( assuming she's a girl, ha ha.) Let me know your experinces. No Rude commets please...thank you..

Answer 1

Every time I go into the pet store I bought my Ball in I see these tanks full Balls like 5-7 together. They are near each other but when I asked the guy who worked there he pretty much said if they had more tanks they'd separate them. Because I was thinking about getting another one for mine. But decided if i did they'd be in different tanks anyways.

I was also told if i wanted to get another they need to be the same age ... just in case. But also told they rather be alone most of the time anyway.

I mean, out in the wild snakes hunt alone and the only time they are with others is when they mate and after the mating is done ...they are on there own. I would ask your local reptile guy and find out what he thinks. plus you might have to get a bigger tank for both of them to grow and have their privacy. if you plan on mating you'll end up separating the mother and father from the baby.

Answer 2

Snakes aren't social animals. They don't "need" a friend. You can usually keep ball pythons together--I kept 3 in a 75 gallon tank with no problems except that I had to separate them at feeding time so that they didn't accidentally strike each other going for the same prey. If you're willing to feed them separately housing them as a group is fine.

Ball pythons do not bond with their young. Your snake does not need to keep a baby unless you want to. They are also egg layers, so you'll need to build some sort of incubation system (you can get plenty about this on the web) if you want to hatch the eggs. And they won't be fertile unless you have a male for her to breed with--they will just rot.

Answer 3

No, they do not need friends. Snakes are solitary animals and are best kept alone. Placing 2 snakes in one cage is just asking for trouble. They can become stressed out and quit eating. They can get ahold of each other when feeding, or they can even eat each other.. even though this is uncommon, it does and can happen.
If you decide to breed yours.. I suggest some heavy reading and research on breeding snakes. It isn't as easy as just throwing a male and female together. But no, your snake will not need to keep a baby. Female snakes are not nurturing. The babies are born in the incubator away from the mom and never re-introduced.

Good luck, hope this helps.

Answer 4

It is any such false impression that you'll residence snakes in combination. About the one time they're massed within the wild is at delivery/hatching, or in very infrequent instances, for hibernation and breeding. Give it per week, and the more potent hatchling WILL devour the more youthful, once they meet once more, and the more potent is hungry and the vulnerable hasn't been feeding good. Do NOT preserve them in combination. Snakes are solitary creatures, to not point out housing them in combination approach 2 ill snakes, alternatively of 1, if one or the opposite falls in poor health. GOOGLE YOUR PET! Do study, and realize it from hatching correct as much as dying. You can NEVER understand TOO MUCH! I not too long ago took the pinnacle of 1 Ball from the mouth of an additional. When crowded - the pressured snake has no choice to clear up the drawback BUT to devour the purpose of its strain! They can reside in combination for months, even years, earlier than this occurs. Please, be accountable, and do the correct factor. Google your snake, and study all you'll, and preserve them individually. I desire this has been handy.

Answer 5

snakes don't really notice if they have another friend in the tank they wouldn't ply they would just fight or avoid eachother, your ball should be fine and balls really don't display emotions like that but don't get me wrong they have personalities and stuff they just don't display emotions in that way. If your snake had the option it would wrather just eat and sleep all day, try putting her in an area and closing all the doors and just let her slither around she may just feel upset about being enclosed try getting her a bigger enclosure or making it more natural looking, they live in the jungle maybe she is going back to her insincts and wants to be in a jungle habitat any of these things could work if not feel free to email me. [e-mail]

Answer 6

Your ball python is just fine. If you're not sure of the sex then don't even try putting other snakes in the cage. If it's a male then he will become territorial towards other males. If it's a female and you put a male in, you will end up with babies and then what will you do?

Answer 7

I have owned snakes for years, and now I am involved in snake rescue and rehousing. Currently, I have three ball pythons, all males. 2 of them are brothers, born from the same clutch, the other is a rescue that was passed to me just last weekend. My three pythons live together in a 260 gallon Apogee reptarium. I have no issues with them co-habitating. They do not fight, none of them have any trouble eating, and they are frequently curled up together despite the large size of their habitat. When I introduced the rescue snake, all three animals spent about twenty minutes getting familiar with each other.

So the answer...no, they do not "need" friends, but you can house multiple ball pythons in a single habitat provided you are careful and follow the recommendations listed below.

The only recommendations I have for you, should you choose to introduce another ball python into your habitat:

a) Get the animals sexed. You need to know what gender both of the animals are.

b) Ensure that the new addition doesn't have any diseases or mite/flea/tick infestations. Make sure you can quarantine it in a separate enclosure for at least a week to ensure that its stool is normal, make sure that it eats well, and make sure that it doesn't show signs of mouth rot, mites or any other common snake affliction.

c) If you house multiple snakes in one habitat, make sure there is a separate feeding tank, and that you remove the snakes from their habitat one at a time for feeding.

Answer 8

We had a ball python for 15 years and the only friends she needs are edible.

Answer 9

No they dont need friends as in another snake. You are there friend. they will be perfectly fine wth you playing with them often times they will not like other snakes to sobe careful.

Answer 10

all snakes like to be on their own but if you want to breed her go and do so. breeding a python means you may end up with 10-100 babies. if you do breed her, its best to keep them in separate vivariums unless you want to breed them.