I have a ball python and a green tree python, they're about a foot and a half long, I was thinking of combining the two terrariums into a large one. It seems that the two snakes tolarate each other when brought close behind glass, so I wonder if anybody had luck mixing these two pythons together. One stays on the branches almost the entire time while the other one doesnt even use the branches.
2007-02-27 16:22:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anton M 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Absolutely not. Not only is it a bad idea to keep two of the same snake species together due to stress, but a Ball and GTP have two totally different husbandry requirements.
GTPs need a very humid environment and cooler than the Ball Python. If you were to place the Ball in that situation, it would inevitably devlop scale rot. Likewise, if you were to keep a GTP in a dryer cage, it would have a lot or problems with stuck sheds or constipation. And I didn't even cover the stress related issues that would develop in keeping those two snakes together.
2007-02-27 16:33:05 · answer #1 · answered by xyz_gd 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You might get away with it, but probably not. I take it when you say mix you aren't talking about breeding, but I would really recommend that you don't put them together. There have been horror stories posted on forum sights of what happens when two snakes are put in the same cage. What usually happens is one ends up eating the other and then regurgitating it and dying itself. So you can go from 2 to 0 snakes real quick.
Even if it did work out for a while, it would stress them out too much.
2007-02-27 17:23:24 · answer #2 · answered by hartsock1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hybrids are alot harder than they sound and only the big names are ever really successfull. I know there has been some success in breeding a ball with black blood pythons, and they are nice looking snakes and go for alot of money too they are called superballs. Also heard of breeding balls with
marble borneo. Hope this helps.
2007-02-27 16:39:02 · answer #3 · answered by AHHHHhhhhh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a walk in cage with 3 snakes a green Burmese python,albino python,and a red tail boa,they all get along but green trees are mean so i don't know my snake are 15 foot,10foot.and 8foot,the cage is so big that i think that's why i got away with it.i mean trees pond the works, it is also indoor/out door/ in summer we open the window for sun bath
2007-02-27 16:33:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The green tree python is a more aggressive snake. Habitat temps and humidity are the same, but I cannot say that I have ever seen those breeds in one habitat.
2007-02-28 03:29:43 · answer #5 · answered by Heather 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i do not recommend it for various reasons green trees require more humidity than balls, and that could cause health concerns plus they are both young and should one have parasites or other health problems you would then contaminate the other one too, at that size i am taking it for granted that you just recently purchased these therefore probably dont know if they are carrying anything.
2007-02-27 16:35:13 · answer #6 · answered by az_na_man32 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, never put 2 snakes together. breeders don't even do that. they are only together long enough to breed and then they are separated.
2007-02-28 14:46:47 · answer #7 · answered by rblankenship_rblankenship 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't I know someone who did that a one snake killed the other.
2007-02-27 19:30:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no....it'll never work, you will only get slugs if they do mate.
2007-02-27 19:42:28 · answer #9 · answered by Menda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think so
2007-02-27 16:25:57 · answer #10 · answered by Carol 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋