Two males together will fight!

 

2 males kept together may fight during breeding season

male and female may never fight except if fed at the same time unsupervised
or they may hate each other from day 1


treat them the same way you treat your coastals etc
basically the same snake

 

The problem with putting a male and a female together is obvious; you'll get unwanted eggs! Also, while I can't say for this particular species, a common problem with housing a male and female together, especially in a 1:1 ratio, is that the male will pester the female for mating, which can cause her stress.

Can't say more than that though. To be honest, it's probably easier and safer to just get another viv.

 

2 males should never be kept together!

Co-habiting a male and female or female and female can be done but you need to be prepared. A second appropriately sized enclosure with all essential equipment should be available at ALL times. Read up on the risks of co-habiting and you'll find out why.

If you co-habit a male and female, be prepared for lots of eggs to look after and a stressed female that will need to be removed from the male in order to recover from breeding.

Snakes do not need 'companionship' they are solitary animals and do absolutely fine living on there own.

As already said co-habiting is about being prepared, research the risks and expect the un-expected.

 

They are carpet pythons not corns
Carpets usually do not breed unless temperatures are dropped
They have semi fixed breeding periods which can be altered in captivity
Males will sometimes fight during mating season
But if temperatures are held steady there will never be a mating season
I kept 4 females and 3 male jungle together for years in an outside aviary
Only separated some during breeding season to mix and match breeding
We often find groups of southern carpets cohabiting the same hollow log etc for years on end

As the op has already cohabited carpets they should understand the potential risks

 

Hi roxxy when co habitant to snakes first things you need to check is size and sex as a must. Sex because to males will combat causing stress and size because not that it's ever happened to me or any one that I know but from what people have always warned me of is that the larger could always see the smaller as prey. Seeing as you have a male a female is for you there are plenty of grown on females that need a new home on preloved if your looking for something bigger if not there are a lot of hatchlings about this time of year. I don't keep mine together So I don't know exactly how introducing them goes but I would say make sure that they have both been fed before hand aswell as making them both aware especially the male in the viv that it isn't food that is coming in for example I try to tap train my snakes so when I'm not feeding they know as they get a little push on the nose once or twice with a hook then they can come out so maybe this will help introducing them. Hope this has helped.
Also you'll find most carpet breeders drop temps to spur the breeding and don't hold me to this but I have known people to keep pairs together without dropping temps and them being fine and others getting eggs With no temp drop so you may find keeping there hot spot at the higher end of the scale as to not create a winter may help and keep the male from pestering the female but like i said do not hold me to it as I haven't had any experience with this and it's just a suggestion .

 

I would never cohabit. Lots of disadvantages, fighting, offspring, feeding issues not knowing which one has regurged etc.

No benefit for the snake they don't want company, and more likely to add stress as can't get to bit I of Viv they might want.

Only benefit is to the owner as it takes up less space.

 

i keep same sized females and same sized pars together without issues

ALWAYS separate at feeding time


cheers shaun

 

I cohabit my pair. They are supposedly male and female, so were only introduced when sexually mature just to be on the safe side. I have never sexed them myself, but they have never shown any signs of mating or poduced offspring. Most likely because i only drop the temps by a few degrees over winter.

Separating when feeding is a must, so you have to be careful with their strong feeding response. And you have to make sure that you have a back up plan to be on the safe side.

You will need to use a larger enclosure with more open space and hides than you would for a single snake, so they have room and hiding places away from each other so they are not always in each others faces.

My 2 get along very well and never had a problem so far, touch wood.

 

i know plenty Carpet keepers who co habit without issues

imo co habiting Carpets is ok


cheers shaun

 

Thank you everyone - some really good points from you all here given me a lot to think about.

Defo want another JCP - Really love the look of the jaguars - so if anyone knows a good breeder please do let me know.

Its really good to hear from people with experience. I do have another good sized viv spare so will have that set up as back up if I do try to introduce or will just keep newbie in there instead.

Also I always remove bruce from his viv and place him in a seperate geo for feeding so would do the same with any new snake if they were together.

Decisions decisions!!

 

Just so your aware the jaguar morph came from coastal so a jungle jag would not be a pure JCP

There are many good breeders on this forum :2thumb:

 

Thank you = I didnt realise that. Just began looking at the various types. Will do more research before deciding.

Thank you for the heads up