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#498876
Andyrex
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Important question can someone help ????? 
im going to be getting a sumatran blood python i was wondering are they a tame snake easy to handle and can they get along with other snakes cause i have a red tail boa and i was going to put the blood in the same tank is that a good idea the boa is a baby now and so will the blood if anyone can get back would be appreciated ohh yea and the boa is a girl.
Andy :-)
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10/03/05 03:49am
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#498912
Hillbilly
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Message To: Andyrex In reference to Message Id: 498876
Important question can someone help ?????
I’ve just started getting into bloods myself, but I would imagine the boa and the python have different habitat needs. Blood pythons come from a much more humid environment and in the wild have been found in forest marshlands. I’d keep them in seperate tanks if I were you.
But keep checking back, as I said, I’m new to bloods myself and could be wrong.
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10/03/05 07:33am
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#499415
ES_Tropicals
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Message To: Hillbilly In reference to Message Id: 498912
Important question can someone help ?????
As babies/younger animals, bloods and short tail pythons can be seen as aggressive/huffy, in captivity this many of them usually outgrow with frequent interaction on the keepers part, they take some understanding on the keepers part as well, to learn their body movements, and the moods they have. As far as co-habitating the boa and the blood, the answer is absolutely no, mixing species shouldn’t be done, on top of that as mentioned above these animals come from two totally different areas and their caring requirements vary a great deal in that aspect alone. Not to mention the possibility of one eating the other at a certain point in eithers size, feeding time can be a problem with having to separate two hungry animals for feeding too, so just stay away from housing them together at all, if you cannot provide housing for another animal, do not buy it.
-Amelia
ES Tropicals
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10/03/05 03:59pm
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#500227
Andyrex
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Message To: ES_Tropicals In reference to Message Id: 499415
Important question can someone help ?????
Ok so would i be able to fit any other snake together with the boa or no ?
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10/04/05 05:02am
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#500247
Absvinyl
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Message To: Andyrex In reference to Message Id: 500227
Important question can someone help ?????
in general, it is a bad idea to howse snakes togeter. it can cause health problems as well as being a danger to you and the snakes during feeding time (as posted above), and will also cause undo stress to the snakes. i would recommend getting stackable enclosures if space is the problem. if money is the problem, it’s best to just wait until you have the means to care for another snake.
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10/04/05 07:09am
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