I have a mutt looking adoption male who is fairly small and a few years in my possession after someone else. He was sharing an enclosure briefly with a somewhat small, but much larger than him female (whom he finally bred after a long while). The cage is 4X2 and 1.5ft high. Before breeding and after breeding, all he wanted to do was maim himself. Wanting to escape, rubbing, and never settling for a moment. He is the strangest snake I own in that way. He kept knocking over the water dish (big dish too) and soaking himself and his lady; no matter how fast I caught it... it was still damp for a bit. He developed a bit of RI and a bump on his nose from, IMO, the rubbing, excess moisture, and the fact that they liked to leave waste whenever the water was tipped. So I moved him into a holding tub for larger snakes, since he is a little too big for my smaller tubs and the new rack still isn't here, for now he gets to live in one of the 'big' tubs... the VE175 (?) I think, that is 5 ft long.
He STILL acted psycho for awhile, trying to escape, but after awhile of treatment for RI and a new bottom heavy water bowl... he wheeze is nearly gone, he's shed twice in a short period of time, and has begun eating again after a VERY long fast. The bump seems to be taking longer to show any sign of real shrinking, but it doesn't seem to bother him. I had one or two others start to show swelling before over the years, not an actual bump, but they never got any worse and I kept my eye open for anything that could irritate it, since I started to think mouth rot at first! I think generally that a small cage that is wet, or unclean, would cause the problem, but my male had space from the beginning. I'm sure moisture and bacteria have a lot to do with those bumps forming.
Good luck!
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Steph S.
Boas...
1.1 Albino boas (Loki & Hope)
1.4 07 Het. albino boas (Petty & Lady,Sierra,Madeline,Lola)
0.1 Reverse stripe poss. het albino (Cookie)
0.1 Salmon/hypo (Scarlet)
0.1 Anery poss. het snow (Missy)
1.0 Anery (Reno)
0.1 DH Sunglow (Bonnie)
1.0 Het. Anery (Guy)
0.3 Normals (Ophelia, Sasha, & Lulu)
1.1 Surinames (Solomon & Surreal)
1.2 Hogg Isles (Mr.Orange & Peaches, Apricot)
0.0.1 Central American (Sassy)
0.1 Emerald Tree boa (Jade)
1.0 ATB (Satan... seriously!)
Pythons...
2.1 GTPs (B., Monty & Jewel)
0.0.3 BPs (MJ, Precious, Houdini)
1.1 Carpet Pythons (Jackson & Charlotte)
0.1 Blood python (Akaia)
Misc.
1.1 Mandarin Ratsnakes (Jack & Jill)
1.0 Boxer/Pitt Mutt (Tyson)

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