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Posted by Ronda on April 14, 2001 at 21:26:12:

In Reply to: multi-species housing question... posted by ian on April 14, 2001 at 19:41:12:

: i have caged together,1 7ft yellow rat snake , 1 6.5ftalbino ball python , and 1 4.5ft lavender corn,i just put them together today.no fights so far,but i am worried about bwhen i go to sleep and am not able to break them up...will they eat each other,who would eat who?

I can't hardly recommend keeping two corns in the same cage, let alone three completely different species of snake. They may never "fight" or try to eat one another, but that doesn't mean they aren't stressed out. Ball pythons are an African snake, the rats are American... do you really think the conditions under which you keep them in a single enclosure are ideal for all three species? Nope. Also, ratsnake can be fairly active animals that I imagine would stress out a more sedentary, burrowing animals like a ball python. I haven't followed the price of ball pythons recently, but I would assume that an albino ball isn't real cheap. Why would you risk *anything* by keeping it with other animals? And regardless of cost, I would hope that you want your animals to THRIVE, not merely EXIST. Please separate them and provide the correct conditions for each. I apologize for the rant...just my two cents!

Take care,
Ronda

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thank you everyone ian 04/16/01 (0)
Completely agree! Glenn 04/14/01 (4)
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: : i have caged together,1 7ft yellow rat snake , 1 6.5ftalbino ball python , and 1 4.5ft lavender corn,i just put them together today.no fights so far,but i am worried about bwhen i go to sleep and am not able to break them up...will they eat each other,who would eat who? : : I can't hardly recommend keeping two corns in the same cage, let alone three completely different species of snake. They may never "fight" or try to eat one another, but that doesn't mean they aren't stressed out. Ball pythons are an African snake, the rats are American... do you really think the conditions under which you keep them in a single enclosure are ideal for all three species? Nope. Also, ratsnake can be fairly active animals that I imagine would stress out a more sedentary, burrowing animals like a ball python. I haven't followed the price of ball pythons recently, but I would assume that an albino ball isn't real cheap. Why would you risk *anything* by keeping it with other animals? And regardless of cost, I would hope that you want your animals to THRIVE, not merely EXIST. Please separate them and provide the correct conditions for each. I apologize for the rant...just my two cents! : Take care, : Ronda

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