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Ok, I am going to tell the whole story on this so you might get bored but please read.

Back about may or june I went to a show looking for a small retic and I got to choose from 2 animals. One was a dark unattractive color and the other was this bright orange and silver and white and.... anyways it had a small sore on the top of its head. Nobig deal, it'll heal so I got it. I got it home and set it up. The next day the sore was bigger and seemed to be like a fresh cut wound. It kept getting bigger so I removed all objects from the cage ( a hide box and water bowl ). I soaked it every 2 days so that it got plenty of water and all. After the sore was almost completely gone I put the bowl back in. No hide box just a bowl. The next day it was cut open again. Keep in mind this bowl is not sharp or anything like that. It has no jagged edges. I let it heal again and put a bowl back in there. I htought now thta it is more alid back and all it should not do it anymore. Well the next day (about 1 week ago) it was cut open again. There has been no bad infection becasue I have kept it clean with Virosan and some other stuff. do yuo think I should just soak it every 2 days and not put in a water bowl until it is bigger? I will try to get a pic of it in a few days after she sheds. if you read all this thank you very much. I need a few opinions on this.
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Justin

Well, seems you didnt pick the smarter of the two. j/k

What i would do is watch it to see how it is rubbing it and try to prevent the injury that way. I would use a tupperware container while it is small, and then use a cat litter pan when it grows larger. You may even want to sand the rims a bit to make them less abrasive. They are overall smooth and shouldnt give you trouble.

Id like to see pics of it.
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-echo-

Well the chances of me catching it rubbing is very slim because when I walk into the room it stares a hole into me.lol. that is what I do use is a tupperware container. Works well with other snakes but not this one. I'm glad my 12 footer is not doing this. That would be a problem. Oh and I don't know if I put this on my last post but the cut is always directly on top of the head. I do not know how it can accomplish cutting itself with an unsharp object on the top of the head like that... weird.
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Justin