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I was wanting to ask a question or 2 I have a 100% het axanthic male '03, and a 50% het albino female '03, now I know they wont be ready to breed till sometime earliest in '05 but I was wondering is it OK to house them together or should you always keep males and females seperate until breeding time? Also how long should the cooling period be? Do you cool them together or seperate then put them together? I have had these 2 normal BP's since they have been hatchlings for about 1 1/2 years together in same reptarium. And have the hets in their own place. Please any help would be appreciated. Thanks
 
In my opinion, ball pythons as well as all other snakes should be housed in separate containers at all times other than breeding season.

In November, I start to cool all my adults while still in individual enclosures. About 1-2 weeks into cooling I introduce the male into the females container.

Good luck....
 
I agree with Al on this. Other then "saving space" there is not a single bonus to housing 2 snakes together. Now the downsides are can and usually does put stress on the submissive snake by the dominant one. If one gets sick they usually both will get sick. It is impossible to track which one is shedding/pooping etc.
 
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