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Very poor planning and judgement.Au Duong Phong;1090990; said:
You just dont keep snakes together. Its not a good idea. You get fighting, canabalism, and other nasty things. Unless your breeding, wich you are not, seperate them.
And you lost one? WTF!? Thats extremely irresponsible. "I think its still in my room somewere"
Did you just buy them on impulse? Sorry to be so harsh, but this is rediculouse.
They are the same size and are two months old babies. Same size, how can one eat the other? A snake snake is good at judging wether it can swallow the prey or not. Only that one damn bull frog will eat something it's size. I forgot the name of that type.
Obviously you never had a kingsnake... I had one that that would eat itself, then realize what it was doing. Snakes are not the smartest when it come to judging prey. Either way, the general rule of herptile-keeping is: one specimen per vivarium. Fights occur, cannibalizing occur, hunting occur, stress occur, and oversexing occur. Oversexing is a big concern when males mature earlier than females.
Either way, even if you do manage to keep 2 boas without any injury, one will be so stressed out to the point it will die in a couple of years.
Either way, even if you do manage to keep 2 boas without any injury, one will be so stressed out to the point it will die in a couple of years.
Go pick up the Ultimate Boa Care Guide by Clay English, it is free and you can get it off the Internet if you register at RedTailBoas it is really good reference to refer to. If you want a hard copy you can order in one directly from him or pick up a copy of the Boa Manual by Philippe de Vosjoli and Jeff Ronne. They will explain why it is ill-advised to keep them together far more indepth than we can. I think in the Clay English's guide in PDF format, it is on page 12 of 72.
You have issues like if one of them get sick, the other one will catch it; if one if them regurged or defecate, how do you know which one; if one them is stressed, it compromises the immune system; if one is a male, in about 2 years it will try to start breeding the female when she is not ready which is dangerous to her health.
You have issues like if one of them get sick, the other one will catch it; if one if them regurged or defecate, how do you know which one; if one them is stressed, it compromises the immune system; if one is a male, in about 2 years it will try to start breeding the female when she is not ready which is dangerous to her health.
Au Duong Phong;1091099; said:
LOL, dude you need to check post 20. That is a boa that has eaten a royal python, and the size difference is quite easy to see. The second picture is where the boa had regurgatated the python, as it was too big for it, so obviously not so good at judging sizes eh...
Au Duong Phong;1091229; said:
Alright, here's the deal. This isn't your fault. You got some bad info from your "breeder" and were acting on that. Try not to take anything said so far personally.
Take a close look at those pictures on the other page. A red-tailed boa actually attempted to eat a ball python that may very well have been BIGGER than the boa itself. The fact that your two boas are the same size does not do anything to mitigate the risk of one cannibalizing the other. Snakes, ESPECIALLY boas, should absolutely be housed individually and I hope you are willing and able to do what's best for them.
