Can you keep a ball python and a small burmese python in the same aquarium for a few months?
by Aquaboy on Friday, March 12th, 2010 | 5 Comments
Okay, im not a complete idiot… i know they can’t live long together for the fact of the burmese python will grow way larger. but i want to know from people who know ALOT ABOUT SNAKES, if it would be okay for a few months. of course feeding them in seperate areas and everything.
The ball python is about… 2 ft &&fat. and i want to say the burmese is about 1 1/2 ft. small. the burmese is younger of course. im not exact on the ages. they will have lots of space and seperate water bowls and everything.
btw… im just wondering
Well they will get really stressed! Are they both babies? They will stress because they shouldnt be housed together! They will stress because they will be fighting for heat space hids water and so on! Reptiles should never be housed together! Are they both healthy no mits or anything? I think it will be ok for a few months but just hurry and get another tank before one dies of stress! Good luck hope i helped some!
The burmese might eat it but you never know! Umm just feed him a bigger meal and i think he wont! But like i said your taken a risk on housing them together! But if its only for a few months i think it will be ok! Just keep a good eye on them! There just going to be stress! This is why i dont buy from pet stores because there not supost to house reptiles together but they still do! They become really stressed and most of them die! What do they do buy more and house them together! Anyways just be careful! Good luck!
No, this is not acceptable.
The snakes have different care requirements, and are very different in size and temperment. This means that they will not get the care they should. They also come from different parts of the world. One of the snakes could be a carrier for a disease that will not affect him, but it may be deadly to the other.
I have seen sooo many stories and pictures where people thought it would be okay “just for a little while”, and all of a sudden, they go to check on the snakes, and uh-oh, one has been eaten. Most people think that as long as the snakes are similar in size, it will be okay for a little while. That is just not true. Not too long ago, someone kept their boa and python in the same cage because they were about the same size, but walked in to discover that their boa had eaten the python. The same can happen with your snakes. If your burm decides the ball would be “yummy”, (and he very well could as they are opportunistic feeders), he may kill and try to swallow the ball, only to discover that he can’t finish swallowing, but also can’t regurge. That has happened to snakes before, and they die. I wouldn’t take that chance.
It would be VERY stressing to both snakes to be in the same enclosure. Neither of the two would like living with a member of the same species, let alone a member of a different one.
There is a great possibility of fighting, attempts to eat eachother,and the spreading of parasites or disease. There is also the possibility that one or both would go off feed. Especially for the ball. Ball pythons are notorious for going off feed; sometimes for months and months at a time, even from the smallest stress factor. Being in the same enclosure with a Burm is a BIG stress factor. Do you really want to stress your ball to the point where he won’t eat?
Do you know the sex of these snakes? If it is male and female, they may try to breed, even though they are different species. Are they old enough and big enough to breed? I doubt it as you said the burm is still small. Breeding too early can kill a female. If it’s two males, they will fight; males can NOT live together. Even if it’s two females, there is a good chance of fighting. It is just not a good situation for them.
PLEASE, keep your snakes seperate. They are not social animals, and it is dangerous to keep them together. These animals would not encounter eachother in their native habitats, and you should keep it that way in their captive habitats. NO snake enjoys living with another snake, even if they are the same species. You say you know the Burm will need his own enclosure anyway, so where’s the benefit in keeping them together? It certainly won’t benefit the snakes. It puts both of them in danger, and it puts an enormous amount of stress on them.
it would probably be fine for a couple of months…just put a lot of hides in the tank. just remember you are taking some risk in putting them together though…one could eat the other. it could happen but likely it won’t.
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