If i got a burmese python is it alright if i keep it in the same Aquarium as my ball pythons ?

Question

Then after i do that would i be able to keep my snake in my restroom or something because its a small room and i can put a water bowl in there and then a heat bulb. Is that a bad idea or not and if so what should i do? I have a huge dog cage can i rig that and make it work for my snake?

Answer 1

If you think a Burmese python can live in an aquarium its whole life, than you don't need to own one. A bathroom is not suitable either. When inexperienced people like you mess up, they try to pass laws that effect us all. Please get rid of it. And keeping a Burmese python with a few ball pythons in the same cage is downright ignorant.

Answer 2

Actually, it wouldn't suprise me at all if the burm ate the balls. I have seen photos of other boids with equal sized cagemates in their bellies.

So no.

Answer 3

NO! your burmese will most likely eat your ball pythons. i see no problem in keeping your snakes in the bathroom. but make sure they have a heat lamp on the hot side, an under tank heater on the hot side and the water either in the middle or on the cold side. they also need a hide on both sides. here is a reliable site about both burms and BPs.

ball pythons

http://www.kingsnake.com/ballpythonguide...

burmese pythons

http://www.wnyherp.org/care-sheets/snake...

Answer 4

You could until the snakes differ greatly in size.  Once the Burmise gets larger than the ball, you may want to seperate them.  I am not sure how they behave toward eachother, but I have found Burmise to be much more aggressive than ball pythons, aswell.

Answer 5

LOL, OK obviously Sam and Kim don't know jack about snakes, because Burmese Pythons do not eat other snakes. The only problem you may run into is when your Burm gets about 10 feet long or longer it could crawl over the smaller snake and cause serious injury to it, even death.  Among the Pythons and Boas, Boas are the cannibals, not Pythons.

The problem you're going to run into is when you feed your pets. The smell of a rat on one snake will trigger a feeding response from the other.

You should try to build a cage out of wood. I recomend 8 feet long, 2 and a half tall, and 2 and a half deep.

Answer 6

i love the way no1 has hit on one major snake issue

snake are mainly solitary creatures generally only coming together to mate

also u should never mix species here's why

common problems inculde

eating each other (its suprising what will at least try to eat what)

Attacking/ killing each other (2 animals that dont normally live together will sometimes fight.

stress (makes for ill reptiles (especially snakes) just being near even a species from the same geological range can be stressful to these animals)

Incompatible toxins bacteria and illnesses (especially with phibs but is common with others 2 just cause one species can handle one type of bacteria/doesn't mean they all can these animals evolved in totally different ways meaning there resistant to different things, as for toxins many phibs and invert have these as defense mechanisms and can easily kill or make the others ill)

just because 2 animals require similar set-up and temps doesnt mean there suitable

Answer 7

NO, you can't keep them together.  The burmese is way too big and will most likely eat the ball pythons.  It is stressful to cohab any reptile and is not natural for any snake.  You can use the bathroom as a "cage" for the Burmese but just make sure you have proper basking and belly heat.  Water bowl should be large enough for the entire snake to soak his whole body in.  These guys as you know get up to 20 feet long and over 200 lbs.  At 10 feet, never handle it alone.

A good forum to join:

http://www.constrictors.com/forums/index...

Answer 8

When a burmese is young and is introduced to ball pythons at an early age they seem to like each other and of course the burmese is to big for an aquarium when it gets bigger but he is able to place it into a modified room for the python.

http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/snakes/p/...

"A 55 gallon tank is fine for younger snakes, but as the snake grows, a larger and stronger enclosure will be necessary. After the first couple of years options include custom built wood and plexiglass cages, or modifying a large closet or room for your snake. These huge snakes are very good escape artists and are very strong, so any housing for these snakes must be large (e.g eight feet long, four feet wide and four feet tall), strong and very secure."

Answer 9

NOOOOOOOOOOOO lol balls will get owned from burmese