LOL - I am pretty much one of those anal cleaners when it comes to my snake cages - spot clean them once or twice a day - clean and disinfect them every week, etc. etc.

When my Angolan got his nose rub I posted it up and got a bunch of answers like there was something wrong with his cage, his cage was dirty,too small, he'd gotten an infected from the rubbing, etc... Didn't seem really likely considering everything I had tried to get him to stop.

Then I got an email from another Angolan owner who told me to stop cleaning so much - I'm washing away their security. So I stopped cleaning his cage - now I spot clean as needed and clean and disinfect once a month - both my males that I was having issues with have stopped their rubbing. Go figure. Not saying that will solve all nose rubbing problems but it was a miricle cure for ours!

As for his breeding - he has no offspring as of yet - NERD did produce a Pastel Angolan Ball - it is truely an awesome looking animal!
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"



6.42.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi)
0.1.0 Bredls Python (Smurfette)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.0 frogs rescued from pool skimmer
0.0.1 Lizard of unknown origin

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