Update ON my Boa And Ball:) some pics

[mdolan7653]

OK well the baby ball just came last week and she already ate for me no prob at all!!!!! A rat pup...I think she needs to go bigger thou cuz she weighs 150 grams and the pup was 10!. So im thinking bigger,.,,,anyway shes 23" and about an inch in girth. MY big boa girl is 5' 2000 grams and almost 2" thick shes gettin so big eating jumbo 300 gram rats every 2 weeks......Anyway heres some pics how do they look? Also my bALL TAIL like points straight up in the air all the time...the tip of it since i got it...is this bad? broken bone?I bought it from LLLreptile there usually really good.

[mdolan7653]

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[SNAKEWISPERER]

Nice pics, do you house them together or just photo ops?

[ssjsmits]

uh oh!

[SNAKEWISPERER]

lol, uh oh, I was just asking. I'm not here to tell people what they should or shouldn't do with their pets.

[mdolan7653]

no there together, some against it some for it I think it seems to be going good wel see what happens so far they get along great the little one even followsa the big one around but the little one seems very at home ate good first time so it must feel comfortable

[Allysen]

Huh, that tail thing sounds a bit strange to say the least. Her tail tip is pointing up ALL the time?

Are you quarantining the ball python properly? We got a baby BCA from LLLreptile recently that came with cryptosporidium, and we didn't notice anything was wrong until she sat in her cage for hours with her tail tip straight up, but she was straining to poop, so I would watch for that behavior to accompany the tail thing. Cryptosporidium is basically a death sentence unless you catch it super early and have access to some incredibly good drugs, and it's VERY contagious, (passed through direct contact with feces or regurgitation) but it's not airborn, so thank god we were quarantining her. We still did the 30 bucks per other snake to test them for the disease just in case, which was crazy expensive, but a small price to pay considering the risks.

[LukaTisus]

Nice pictures.. but I don't understand why you would ask everyone for their opinion on whether it was allright to house them together or not, have a high percentage of people tell you it's not a good idea, and then go ahead and do it anyway.

Seriously, why ask for advice you aren't going to take? I certainly hope nothing happens to that ball python for your sake, because you'll get a whole lot more than an "I told you so".

[TheBoaGuy]

Can lead a horse to water but cant make him drink. Bottom line is a boa and a ball have 2 different husbandry needs. They come from 2 opposite ends of the world temps need to be different humidity etc.... So neither are getting the proper care they should be getting.

[BonafideHerps]

Originally Posted by ssjsmits

uh oh!

Exactly what I was thinking!