My (I believe is male) 5 foot ball python is about to mixed with a female 3 foot ball python. Is that ok?
serious answers please. thanks
2007-01-20 13:13:40 · 7 answers · asked by junebaby 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
No. For a few reasons.
1) If one is a male and the other is a female they will mate. Are you prepared to deal with eggs?
2) A female of that size is much to small to be bred and it will most likely result in problems with the eggs and/or death of the female. Females are to be bred at around 1500grams. There is no way a 3 footer is 1500g. The last time I measured my girl she was at 34" and she only weighs 500g.
3) A male will continue to bred the female until he is removed from her and can quite literally die from exhaustion.
4) Ball pythons have been known to eat each other even ones that are the same size. So why take the chance of a much larger one eating the smaller one?
5) When one of them gets mites or a parasite or some other illness, can you afford twice the vet bill? Both snakes will become sick and you will have to take them both in to be treated.
Take a look at this site and tell me if you think it is worth the risk. If you look the one that was eaten was actually larger then the one that ate it.
http://www.geocities.com/gaballpythons/housing.htm
If it is a matter of you don't have enough money to get another cage for them try changing over to tubs as they are much cheaper. If you can't afford that then you shouldn't have gotten the second snake.
2007-01-22 03:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be fine as long as you do not feed them together. Beware though, Ball pythons have a tendency of cannibalism if they are unhappy with their roommate. This will lead to the death of both snakes.
2007-01-21 02:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by ndguy333 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never had a problem housing ball pythons together. Just make sure they have room for privacy and feed them separately.
2007-01-20 16:15:44 · answer #3 · answered by neo_maxi_zoon_dweeby 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow. These people really HAVE NO CLUE about bps. This link will tell you everything you need to know. If you want to get REAL answers from people WHO KNOW what they are talking about, I'd suggest becoming a member on that forum.
http://www.repticzone.com/forums/BallPython/messages/1047439.html
2007-01-20 16:24:52 · answer #4 · answered by poutypitbull 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be fine. Make sure they have plenty of room to stretch, a hide box or two, and a large enough water dish for them to submerse themselves. Also don't feed them in the same container, take one out and feed it seperatly.
2007-01-20 13:31:09 · answer #5 · answered by lynnabugg 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This should be fine as long as you have a big aquarium.Make sure they each have a hide spot.Feed seperately never together.Good luck
2007-01-20 13:28:43 · answer #6 · answered by Jesse E 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No Problemo
2007-01-20 16:13:46 · answer #7 · answered by Andrew 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋